FRENCH POLYNESIA: Doctors strike to escalate

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Updated November 16, 2007 16:55:28

Doctors at French Polynesia's largest hospital are threatening to escalate three day old strike action if the government fails to meet their demands by tomorrow. Nearly ninety percent of the doctors on strike at Mamao public hospital say they will downgrade health care services to emergencies only if the government fails to give in to their demands.

Presenter: Geraldine Coutts
Speakers: Dr Damien Bierlare, striking doctor; Doctor Jean-Paul Theron, Health Department adviser.

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