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| Saturday, 27 September 2003 |
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Health strike continues by Bharatha Malawaraarachchi The Health Sector Trade Union Alliance (HSTUA) yesterday announced that they would continue the strike despite the Ministry's initiative to provide them with a report of Thursday's discussion between the alliance and the Cabinet Sub Committee. The alliance claimed that they could not accept the report as it does not contain several decisions taken at Thursday's discussion. "We have now decided to continue the strike until the Health Ministry gives us a positive response," an alliance spokesman told the Daily News. A three hour discussion between the Cabinet Sub Committee and the alliance ended Thursday night with the Alliance demanding a report on the decisions of the discussion. Sources said the issue of re-employing the temporary and casual workers had led to a dispute at the discussion. Meanwhile, the Health Ministry claimed that all possible measures had been taken to meet the demands of the HSTUA. The HSTUA's strike reached the 10th day yesterday affecting routine services at Government Hospitals while health authorities claimed that services at Government Hospitals are maintained at near normal levels with the assistance of the police and Armed Forces. Routine operations have commenced at all major hospitals while arrangements have been made to conduct clinics at those hospitals. Alternative arrangements have been made to conduct medical and laboratory tests. Most tests are done at private hospitals and laboratories with no cost to the patients. A Health Ministry official said around Rs. 3300 million would be required annually to rectify the salary anomaly according to proposals agreed by both the Ministry and the Trade Union Alliance. The Treasury has requested six weeks to study the proposals. The Trade Union Alliance claimed that their strike was held in almost all hospitals except the Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children. |
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