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Doctors to end the strike only if the Dominican president intervenes

Santo Domingo, Aug 11 (Prensa Latina) The president of the Dominican Medical Association (CMD), Senén Caba, reiterated today that only the intervention of the country's president, Luis Abinader, could stop the strike they are carrying out, after several unsuccessful talks with health authorities.

Caba maintained that all that remains is to speak with the dignitary, who has the last word. “From then on, he said, the interlocutors sent by the Government have had a very low capacity to resolve.”

The CMD and the National Council of Specialized Medical Societies carried out the first of two days of interruption of work in consultations, both public and private.

At the end of July, both organizations resumed their fight against the Health Risk Insurers and after meeting with officials from that portfolio.

The professionals call for the creation of a basic universal health plan, unified fee rates and the promulgation of a new Social Security law based on the right to quality medicine.

As on previous occasions, Caba assured that the doctors attend emergencies and critical patients.

Meanwhile, the state institutions that make up the Health sector issued a statement to express their concern about the strike and referred to the salary increases received by doctors in recent years “for outpatient consultations, hospitalization and fees.”

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