Doctor Strike Deepens
United Press International
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic —
Physicians in this Caribbean island nation extended a strike Friday by walking out of government-run hospitals and clinics, where they had been providing emergency services during a five-day-old strike. The doctors are demanding a doubling of their wages, which now average $217 a month.
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