Doctors protested against longer working hours

Some 300 people gathered outside the health ministry on Thursday to protest against the minister’s proposal to extend the working hours from 40 to 48 hours per week. Health minister Tomas Julinek says the measure would decrease the number of overtime hours in hospitals. But the trade unions have called his plan an introduction of a work Saturday and shadow health minister David Rath said the measures could make qualified doctors leave for abroad.