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Sri Lankan doctors strike over salary 'injustice'

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AP Colombo
Last Updated : Sep 18 2019 | 3:15 PM IST

Doctors at state-run hospitals across Sri Lanka staged a 24-hour strike on Wednesday, demanding that the government resolve what they say is a salary "injustice."
Dr Haritha Aluthge, secretary of the Government Medical Officers Association, said that two years ago, the government gave an unusually high salary increase to legal officers in the government sector, "causing a severe injustice to the doctors and other professionals."

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First Published: Sep 18 2019 | 3:15 PM IST

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