Thousands of Kosovo doctors on strike
Thousands of Kosovo doctors went on strike on Tuesday after the government failed to deliver a promised 44-euro pay rise, cancelling operations and turning away patients at hospitals.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Tuesday, February 24, 2009
"We will treat emergency cases only," said Asllan Bajrami, president of the Health Trade Union.
About 13,000 health workers in Kosovo struck in October to demand more pay, calling off the action after the government pledged to give them 44-euro per month increase.
Bajrami said the government failed to deliver its promise.
In the ethnic Albanian part of Kosovo, doctors earn 220 euros per month, nurses 147 euros and technicians 120 euros.
Kosovo has no health insurance and the hospitals are in poor condition.
Hospitals in the Serb parts of Kosovo are run and financed by Serbia.
