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Nurses threaten strike action

    JOHANNESBURG

    The crisis in Zimbabwe’s hospitals could intensify with the country’s nurses threatening to join junior doctors on strike over pay and conditions.

    News reports said the Zimbabwe Nurses Association (ZINA) issued an ultimatum on Wednesday giving the government 14 days to improve their pay packages or face the prospect of hospitals closing altogether.

    The Hospital Doctors Association (HDA), which has staged a two-week strike which has forced government hospitals to turn back all but emergency cases, has petitioned parliament to hold an emergency debate to resolve the crisis.

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