Resident doctors - except those in Canterbury - will strike for five days at the end of April. Doctors were "forced into this position", New Zealand Resident Doctors' Association senior advocate David Munro said in a statement. JOHN KIRK-ANDERSON / STUFF Doctors were "forced into this position", NZ Resident Doctors' Association senior advocate David Munro said (file photo). The strike will have a major impact on hospitals and their patients, a Resident Doctors' Association statement said, but the DHBs haven't rethought their "provocative bargaining position". He also questioned how much support resident doctors had, saying 60 to 65 per cent of registrars worked over the last strikes, and 35 per cent of house officers.

Source: Stuff April 12, 2019 05:03 UTC