Still no resolution in doctors' strike

Meetings between the state negotiator and the Ice­landic Med­ical As­so­ci­a­tion (LÍ) ne­go­ti­a­tion com­mit­tee came to a close yesterday with no resolution in sight. Strike action thus began again at midnight at all health care centres in the capital area as well as sections of the National University Hospital. 

Medical students in their 4th - 6th year at the University of Iceland handed over a signed declaration to Minister of Finance Bjarni Benediktsson today that they will not apply for positions within the Icelandic healthcare system if the doctors' strike is not resolved. 

The strike proceedings are as follows: 

On Mon­day No­vem­ber 17th - No­vem­ber 19th  and De­cem­ber 8th - De­cem­ber 10th: Doc­tors at the women and chil­dren's ser­vices of the Na­tional Uni­ver­sity Hos­pi­tal, all health­care cen­tres in Reyk­javík, the health­care cen­tre in West Ice­land, the health­care cen­tre in the West Fjords, North Ice­land, East Ice­land, South Ice­land, South­west Ice­land and the Na­tional Uni­ver­sity Hos­pi­tal re­search and de­vel­op­ment de­part­ment. 

Wednes­day No­vem­ber 19th - Fri­day No­vem­ber 21st: Doc­tors at the Akureyri hos­pi­tal and doc­tors in the di­ag­nos­tic med­i­cine ser­vices at the Na­tional Uni­ver­sity Hos­pi­tal. 

Mon­day No­vem­ber 24th to Wednes­day No­vem­ber 26th: The op­er­a­tions de­part­ment at the Na­tional Uni­ver­sity Hos­pi­tal. 

Wednes­day No­vem­ber 5th to Fri­day No­vem­ber 7th and Wednes­day De­cem­ber 10th to Fri­day De­cem­ber 21st: Men­tal health ser­vices and sur­gi­cal ser­vices at the Na­tional Uni­ver­sity Hos­pi­tal. 

Wednes­day De­cem­ber 10th to mid­night Fri­day 21st: Doc­tors at the Akureyri hos­pi­tal, the men­tal health ser­vices, di­ag­nos­tic med­i­cine ser­vices and sur­gi­cal ser­vices at the Na­tional Uni­ver­sity Hos­pi­tal.