With the Doctors' strike with no end in sight, the city of Maputo continues to record, every day, stories that, in the first or third person, tell of tragic cases resulting from a strike that jeopardizes one of the citizen's fundamental rights: the right to health. This scenario is not only happening in the capital of...
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"Doctors' strike is an opportunity for parliament to legislate on minimum services" - NGO
The Centre for Public Integrity (CIP), a non-governmental organization (NGO), says that the doctors' strike that has been taking place since last week, should serve as a signal for parliament to reflect on the need to legislate on matters related to guaranteeing "minimum services" in order to meet society's unforeseeable and unavoidable needs. "A...
Health professionals promise to ensure care to the population during the doctors' strike
The Association of United and Solidary Health Professionals of Mozambique (APSUSM) guarantees that it will ensure that the population is attended to during the doctors' strike, announced for tomorrow, Monday. According to APSUSM spokesperson Rosana Zunguza, the measure comes in solidarity with Mozambicans and the activities will be carried out in strict collaboration with other entities...
Public hospitals are operating normally despite doctors' strike
The Minister of Health assured today that all the country's hospitals are "operating as normal", on the first day of the strike announced by the doctors. "The information we have, via telephone contact, is that throughout the country the National Health Service is operating as normal," said Armindo Tiago, during...