Doctors hold one-day strike

Dozens - possibly hundreds - of Czech GPs and paediatricians went on a one-day strike on Wednesday in protest at new regulations, which have reduced the amount of money insurance companies give them per patient. Jan Jelinek, deputy chairman of the Czech association of general practitioners, told the Czech news agency that the financial restrictions are having an adverse effect on the quality of health care provided. Support for the strike was strongest in Moravia but in some regions where there's currently a flu epidemic doctors reduced the strike to a symbolic 15-minute protest.