About a quarter of doctors working at hospitals threatened to resign if their demands for higher wages and more funding aren’t met, posing a risk to the state’s health care system. More than 2,000 doctors have submitted resignation letters that will start taking effect from 1 December if they don’t strike a deal with the government. While the ruling coalition pushed a wage increase of as much as 46% for some doctors through parliament, that meets only one of eight proposals. Doctors currently make an average €3,500 a month, including overtime pay and bonuses. Doctors are also demanding better financing of hospitals and more staff.
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