LOZ: Doctors across Slovakia Withdraw Resignation Notices

Bratislava, December 31 (TASR) - Doctors across Slovakia have withdrawn their resignation notices, chairman of the Medical Trade Union Association (LOZ) Peter Visolajsky confirmed for TASR on Tuesday. "Doctors all over Slovakia have withdrawn their resignation notices. Now it's the government's turn to keep its promises and to adopt the changes that the doctors demanded at the first session of Parliament," Visolajsky told TASR. On behalf of the government, Health Minister Kamil Sasko (Voice-SD) on December 20 signed an agreement with LOZ on establishing social reconciliation in the health-care sector. In it, the government committed itself to fulfilling a number of the medical trade union's demands. The two sides will also continue to negotiate on disputed points. The conclusion of the agreement managed to prevent a collapse of hospitals, which was threatened due to the resignation notices filed by more than 3,300 doctors. After the signing of the agreement, Visolajsky announced that doctors would return to hospitals on a conditional basis and that the government would have to keep its promises by the end of February 2025. am/df