Strike looms at crisis stricken Santo Tomas

DOCTORS at Panama’s busiest hospital  which is a key teaching center for medical students and doctors,  are poised to strike if the government  doesn’t come up with solutions to problems they face daily.

The Association of Medical Specialists of Santo Tomás Hospital have given authorities a week to present solutions to a crisis that has been building for over two years.

If this is not done, they plan to call a strike, said Association Vice President Marcel Penna Franco.

The group outlined  measure in a letter delivered today to Health Minister Miguel Mayo.

“We have been denouncing the lack of supplies and medicines in the hospital for two years,” Franco said. “But there has not been a solution.”

He  said the shortages in the hospital that  serves more than 150,000 patients a year, impact numerous departments.