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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Nearly 300 striking doctors in Zimbabwe ignored government demands Tuesday for them to return to hospital wards, officials said.
The strike has deepened a crisis in Zimbabwe's health system which has seen qualified staff fleeing the country in droves for jobs that pay up to six times more abroad. A young doctor here earns only about $564 a month.
The junior doctors walked out Thursday after authorities extended their seven-year attachment to state hospitals by another year, to be spent working at rural facilities.
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