Breaking News: Doctors reject salary increase, urge govt to improve health sector
More than 500 doctors and residents, as well as over 150 medical students in Canada, have signed a public letter rejecting their own salary increase that was approved by government reports CNBC. “We, Quebec doctors who believe in a strong public system, oppose the recent salary increases negotiated by our medical federations,” the letter says. The doctors say they are offended that they would receive raises when nurses and patients are struggling. “These increases are all the more shocking because our nurses, clerks and other professionals face very difficult working conditions, while our patients live with the lack of access to required services because of the drastic cuts in recent years and the centralization of power in the Ministry of Health,” reads the letter, which was published February 25, 2018. “The only thing that seems to be immune to the cuts is our remuneration,” the letter says. Canada has a public health system which provides “universal coverage for medically ...