Doctors strike continues says medical group

Panama’s medical negotiating commission (Comenenal) has announced, that the doctors’ strike which began October 20, will continue.

Indira Carreño, the group leader  said during a meeting at the Sciences Ateneo said that the document expected to end the strike was not signed by the director of the Social Security Fund, Guillermo Saez Llorens and   the document issued by the Government so far only protects strikers from Santo Tomas Hospital and Hospital del Nino. Carreño announced a march at 4:00 pmon  Wednesday, November 16 from Porras Park to the Presidential palace.
He reiterated that a national civic body is being formed to reject bill 349, which would created the Public-Private Partnership.
Comenal represents fourteen medical organizations and 5,000 doctors.