Hospitals coping with emergency care despite crisis mode

The situation in Czech hospitals is reported to be under control, despite the fact that the vast majority of them are working in crisis-mode due to a protest strike by doctors over higher wages. Six thousand of them have refused to sign contracts on overtime, and are awaiting the outcome of Monday's meeting with the health minister. According to Czech Television, emergency care was provided in all hospitals  and no problems were reported despite the heightened number of accidents due to the icy conditions.