Zimbabwean doctors reject 60% salary rise amid crushing inflation
Doctors say their salaries do not cover travel costs to work
07 October 2019 - 20:26
Zimbabwe’s doctors have turned down a 60% salary increase offered by the government and pledged to press on with the industrial action that began a month ago.
The situation in the country’s hospitals is said to be dire with only emergency cases being attended to by military nurses and doctors...
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