Update | Protesting junior doctors to return to work

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Update | Protesting junior doctors to return to work

Normality is expected to return to the public health sector this evening with junior doctors returning to work at 6 p.m. Following a meeting with officials from the Ministry of Labour and Social Security earlier this afternoon, the leadership of...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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