Doctors vote in favour of industrial action with 97% margin

Doctors have voted to strike over what they have branded dangerous working hours.

Doctors vote in favour of industrial action with 97% margin
Mon, 02 Sep, 2013 - 18:43

Doctors have voted to strike over what they have branded dangerous working hours.

A landslide 97% of 1,000 non-consultant hospital doctors (NCHDs) have urged the Irish Medical Organisation to escalate its campaign to force the Government to reduce the working week.

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