Hospitals across the country are expected to launch a 24-hour strike on Monday after the Finance Ministry refused to continue funding some 600 physicians who were hired to help manage the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We have found no other way to deal with the unlimited power of the Finance Ministry,” Prof. Zion Hagay, chairman of the Israel Medical Association, told The Jerusalem Post. “We saw exhausted doctors in 2020. There is severe burnout and post-trauma.”
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Finance Ministry approved hiring some 600 additional doctors, mostly residents, to help manage the crisis. These doctors’ contracts expire in June and, despite health officials saying that the positions were sorely needed even before coronavirus, the Finance Ministry has refused to continue funding them.
There are also 1,600 nurses whose contracts are not expected to be renewed. Source: Hospitals to strike on Monday: ‘Doctors thrown out like the garbage’ – The Jerusalem Post
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