Doctors in the state are striking over a salary of R$ 10,4.
The demand refers to a 20-hour work week, with the possibility of doubling the salary in case of a 40-hour work week; currently, state doctors receive R$ 2,5 for 20 hours; the strike began at midnight this Monday and will last 48 hours; only emergency cases will be attended to in the state network; to the online newspaper A Redação, Secretary Faleiros said that the government is working to improve the working conditions of doctors and that no immediate action will be taken as a result of the demonstration.
Goiás247_ Doctors who provide care in public hospitals in Goiás began a 48-hour warning strike at midnight on Monday (27). According to the Doctors' Union (Simego), only emergency cases will be attended to.
The category demands better working conditions, such as the definition of a career plan with a minimum wage of R$ 10.412 for a 20-hour work week, with the possibility of working 40 hours, and improvements to the infrastructure of the state's health units. According to the union, the state government was notified of the strike.
The president of Simego, Leonardo Mariano Reis, told the online newspaper The essay Currently, the nominal salary of a doctor in the state health system working 20 hours a week is R$ 2.500, which is why the category wants to double the working hours. "If the Fenam minimum wage is adopted, we won't need to work 40 hours a week, which I myself find exhausting for a doctor," he said.
According to Simego, the 48-hour strike is just a warning. Next Wednesday (29), a new assembly, at 19 pm, at Cremego headquarters, will decide on the continuation of the movement.
Also to The essayThe Secretary of Health, Antônio Faleiros, said that the government seeks to improve the working conditions of doctors in this category and that the government is working to improve the working conditions of doctors and civil servants.
Faleiros intends to discuss the situation with Governor Marconi Perillo.
(Photo: Simego)