Doctors threatening to walk out in protest of low wages

Some 2,500 doctors working in state hospitals are threatening to quit their jobs at the end of the year if they do not get a substantial pay rise. Their ultimatum comes in response to an appeal from the Czech Medical Chamber which has urged physicians to put more pressure on the government. The chamber wants to see the average monthly salary of Czech physicians upped from the current 45 000 crowns to 70 000 – which is triple the average salary in the country. If doctors follow through with their threat some hospitals will face serious problems.