Health minister says he will give way to unions’ demands

The health minister Tomáš Julínek has said that he will give way to unions’ demands, providing they call off a strike planned for March 5. Hospital workers are unhappy with the Health Ministry’s plans to extend their working week, and change the system of overtime. Mr Julínek told journalists on Thursday that if unions called off their strike within the next 24 hours, then he would scrap his plans to extend hospital staff’s working hours.