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Latvian medical nurses to join family physicians' strike in July
She said that the association supports the family
physicians’ action because low pay is becoming an increasing pressing problem
for general practitioners.
“We are thankful to the family physicians’ support for this
team and their understanding that something can only be achieved by
strengthening the finances of their subordinates,” said Raiska.
As reported, Sarmite Veide, president of the Latvian
Association of Family Physicians, told LETA earlier that medics had decided to
go on strike on July 3 after the Health Ministry rejected the association’s
proposal to form a reconciliation commission. The medics would stop working
until an agreement is reached with the ministry.
Liga Kozlovska, president of the Latvian Association of
Rural Family Physicians, told LETA that her organization would also join the
medics’ strike in July.
The Health Ministry, meanwhile, maintains it remains open to
negotiations. The ministry has invited the Latvian Association of Family
Physicians to talks next week to discuss the medics’ demands, said the
ministry’s representative Oskars Sneiders.