Hundreds of Israeli medical residents set to resign after breakdown of talks

Representatives of medical residents walked out of a meeting with the treasury and the Israel Medical Association on Sunday, renewing calls for a mass resignation to take effect on Monday.

The residents claimed when they left the meeting that no substantive headway was being made to resolve outstanding issues pertaining to their working conditions.The meeting was meant to last until 10:00 P.M. on Sunday, however, the residents cut the meeting short.

"The only proposal the treasury put forward was to take the money that was set aside to help the periphery, and move them to hospitals in the center of the country,” one of the representatives said.

The medical residents rejected the proposal immediately, and renewed their call for a mass resignation to take place on Monday.   Read Full

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