The "war" between the medical profession and the government promises to be a soap opera with many chapters and no foreseeable outcome. After the government reaffirmed yesterday that it would not "give in" to wage demands and that the striking doctors were in danger of not receiving their salaries, the Mozambican Association of Doctors (AMM),...
The Deputy Minister of State Administration and Civil Service, Inocêncio Impissa, said on Tuesday (15) that the government has already hired 60 doctors to meet basic health needs in the country's hospitals. He explained that this hiring, previously announced by the Executive, was precipitated by the doctors' strike, but was not a substitute for the missing doctors...
The Executive will not meet the salary demands of the Mozambican Medical Association (AMM) because it considers them illegal, the Deputy Minister of State Administration and Civil Service said on Tuesday. Speaking in Maputo, after the 29th session of the Council of Ministers, Inocêncio Impissa, said that the complaints about diuturnity and overtime were off the table...
On Friday, the President of the Assembly of the Republic asked doctors and the government to reach an understanding on the differences that led health professionals to go on strike over a month ago. Esperança Bias was speaking at the closing of the fifth extraordinary session of parliament. "The doctors and the...
The Mozambican Medical Association (AMM) is considering expelling doctors who, for unjustified reasons, do not join the national strike in progress since July 10. Mozambican doctors are demanding better working conditions and salaries from the government, as well as the payment of overtime owed by the state. The statement quoted...
he Portuguese Medical Association has decided to set up an independent commission to help bring the government and doctors closer together and find solutions to the tensions between the two parties. In a statement released this Friday, the Order says it is concerned about the current crisis in relations between the government and doctors and has decided to intervene through an independent...
The Center for Public Integrity (CIP), a non-governmental organization (NGO), says that the implementation of the changes in night work conditions from 25% to 12.5% could reduce 2.4 billion Meticais per year, corresponding to just 1.28% of total spending on wages and salaries. However, the NGO warns that such reductions could increase the level...
The Medical Association of Mozambique (AMM) took to the streets of the capital Maputo today to demand better working conditions, which have been under discussion with the Executive since the end of last year. Today's strike follows the extension for a further 21 days of the announced 21-day strike, the first phase of which began on...
The Mozambican Medical Association (AMM) has filed a precautionary measure due to the government's latest stance on its demands for better working conditions. The association believes that the government's statements are threats. The document, which has been filed with the Administrative Court, seeks to annul the absences and disciplinary proceedings against doctors who...
The Mozambican Medical Association (AMM), whose professionals have been on strike since July 10, wants to hold a walkout in Maputo this Saturday to protest about the conditions of diagnosis and treatment of patients, announcing that it will denounce the situation to international organizations. "The AMM informs the public in general and the Mozambican government in particular that everything...