Normalcy in hospitals as doctors resume work

The situation is back to normal in most hospitals as doctors reported for work today after finding common ground with the government through the Prime Minister, Mizengo Pinda at Muhimbili National Hospital yesterday.

DONE DEAL!. . . Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda shakes hands with the cairman of the doctors’ committee, Stephene Ulimboka, after striking a deal to end the three-week job action by doctors that was threatening to paralyze the health sector.

A visit by Bongoblast at some hospitals revealed that doctors were back at work but patients for one reason or the other were few, especially in the outpatients department. Doctors could be seen attending to patients at Muhimbili, Ocean Road and Amana hospitals.

This comes after doctors had engaged in three-week strike, pressing the government to address their grievances. Meanwhile the 16 activists who were arrested at Muhimbili yesterday, were released the same day after doctors called for their release as part of their deal to return to work.