State nurses went on a 24-hour strike. They said their employer, the state health services organisation Okypy, had not approached them since they announced the strike. Union Pasyno and the midwives and nurses branch of the civil servants’ union Pasydy said their members would go on strike due to Okypy’s delay in hiring more nurses and staff in public hospitals. The serious understaffing is causing problems in terms of arranging the shifts schedule and summer holidays.
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