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Thursday, 2nd September 2010

Why Doctors feel the need to strike.

Posted on 28. Jun, 2009 by anonymous in Politics

Why Doctors feel the need to strike.

The current strike happening by government employed doctors gained momentum yesterday when doctors in the Western Cape decided to join the strike action following a meeting at Groote Schuur Hospital.  As a doctor at the above institution I had mixed feelings about striking and abandoning our patients in what is seen by the general public [...]

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