GPs to go on one-day strike

General practitioners in the Zlin region will go on a one day strike on February 14th in protest at mounting problems in the health sector. The head of the Zlin Association of General Practitioners Lubomir Necas said that the reforms so-far undertaken were inconsistent and had done more harm than good. The quality of healthcare in the region is said to be at risk because doctors are allegedly receiving less money for treatment from insurance companies than last year, there is a lack of young GPs to replace aging doctors and restricted access to further education in the field.