Controversial overtime law for medics repealed

A bill increasing the number of voluntary overtime hours doctors are allowed to work, which caused hospital medics to go on partial strike this month, has been repealed. President Pavel signed the amendment cancelling the provision on Tuesday, and it will cease to apply at the end of this year.

The bill was drafted by the Labour and Health Ministers in response to the doctors' strike, over 6,000 of whom refused to work additional overtime in December in protest at the decision.