{"id":184202,"date":"2014-10-15T13:47:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T13:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/16-west-darfur-medics-resign-en-masse\/"},"modified":"2014-10-15T13:47:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-15T13:47:00","slug":"16-west-darfur-medics-resign-en-masse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/16-west-darfur-medics-resign-en-masse","title":{"rendered":"16 West Darfur medics resign en masse"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Monday, 16 general practitioners in West Darfur collectively submitted their resignation to the state\u2019s Ministry of Health.<\/p>\n

One of the doctors explained to Radio Dabanga that they had decided to quit their jobs after they had understood that the Ministry will not meet their demands concerning improvement of the services at the government-run hospitals, the provision of life-saving drugs, and an increase of their allowances.<\/p>\n

The medics had submitted a memorandum to the Ministry early September. When no reaction came, they embarked on a strike on 23 September. Representatives of the Ministry agreed to solve the problems soon, whereupon the striking doctors gave the health authorities a deadline of one week to implement their promises. <\/p>\n

West Darfur state\u2019s Minister of Health Osama Adam acknowledged the \u201clegitimacy of the doctors\u2019 demands and their decision to resign\u201d. He noted, however, that in the civil service, employees cannot collectively submit their resignation.<\/p>\n

File photo: Doctors offer medical assistance to a woman in Kassab camp for the displaced, North Darfur (<\/em>Albert Gonz\u00e1lez Farran\/Unamid)<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

Related: <\/em>West Darfur doctors strike<\/a> (24 September 2014)<\/p>\n