Zim state hospitals in strike crisis

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The Zimbabwe government has deployed military doctors and nurses to state hospitals that are reeling under a strike by state medical staff, the Herald newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Health Minister David Parirenyatwa told the state-run daily that the deployment was an emergency measure aimed at avoiding loss of lives.

Doctors at government hospitals in the Southern African country went on an indefinite strike last week demanding an 8 000% pay increase, from a current gross monthly salary of Z$378 000 Zimbabwean dollars (about R3 300).

Nurses joined in the strike this week, demanding a 7 000% pay hike.

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