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Thursday, 28.03.2024, 23:19
Some medical establishments in Latvia raised salaries to the personnel after the protest
He said that some medical establishments had raised salaries to the medical
personnel on the eve of the protest campaign so that they would not join the
protest but others had to re-schedule surgeries as the staff refused to work
overtime for which they were not paid properly.
Patients had also felt the effects of the warning action, and some had
reacted angrily when told that their surgeries will have to be put off, Keris
said.
The trade union leader said that medics were prepared to stage more
effective protests in the future, seeking to target mostly politicians rather
than patients. "It is because of their [politicians'] procrastination and
irresponsibility that health care financing and medics' salaries are so
low," he said.
He said the LVSADA members would discuss the ways to demonstrate their
dissatisfaction with the work of politicians in the future.
As reported, about 800 medics participated in a warning action, refusing to
work extended regular working hours which essentially is unpaid overtime for a
month from July 1 to July 31. The LVSADA said that they had decided to hold the
warning campaign because the legislative amendments adopted earlier failed to
ensure anticipated improvement in the situation of those medics, who were
working extended regular hours.