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Pre-poll ultimatum by doctors by Shanika Sriyananda The striking doctors giving the government a pre-poll ultimatum have threatened to resign from their posts if their demands were not met before the General Election on April 2. More than 10,000 doctors employed in state-run hospitals have said they will resign from their posts, if they do not receive a positive response from the government. Earlier Finance Minister K. N. Choksy in a written statement assured that the salary anomaly will be rectified. when parliament convenes next month. But members of the GMOA, who have been on strike since last Monday, dismissed it as 'unacceptable'. Dr. Channa Perera, Media Spokesman of the Government Medical Officers' Association (GMOA) told the Sunday Observer, that the doctors had agreed to vacate their posts if they do not receive the desired solution. " We do not want to wait till the new Parliament meets because we made our demands prior to the dissolution of the Parliament", he said. Meanwhile, further aggravating the problem doctors attached to the administrative service of the health sector have also joined the trade union action yesterday. " Starting from the Director General Health services all the government doctors in the administrative service have joined the trade union action", Dr. Perera said. Health Ministry sources said the decision would cripple the entire administrative functions of the health sector. The doctors launched their strike action demanding the salary scale stipulated in Circular No. 37/92 to be implemented before April 2. |
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