Doctors shut down Haifa's Rambam Medical Center

By JPOST.COM STAFF AND JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH 
11/16/2011 09:07 

Hours-long strike follows deputy health minister's orders to immediately dismiss several doctors who tendered resignation letters in solidarity with residents; doctors at Tel Aviv's Sourasky threaten to follow suit.

The doctors' council at Haifa's Rambam Medical Center went on an hours-long strike Wednesday morning, shutting down the hospital in protest of Deputy Health MinisterYaakov Litzman's orders to immediately dismiss a number of specialist doctors at the hospital who tendered letters of resignation on Tuesday.

Doctors said they were limiting their protest until 10 a.m. because the hospital management supported them in the showdown with the Health Ministry. The hospital refused to act on Litzman's orders. Read the rest on: The Jerusalem Post

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