Guatemala Doctors on Strike
Doctors from the Roosevelt hospital, in the Guatemalan capital, have been on strike for five days demanding wage increases and medical supplies.

The doctors have been protesting the lack of medicines and materials which, according to them, has resulted from the hospital´s debt to suppliers.

Roosevelt, the country´s second most important hospital, with capacity for nearly 900 inpatients, is providing care only for emergency cases and intensive care wards.

The doctors´ trade union has also urged the health ministry to meet the collective agreement signed last February, when authorities pledged a 25 percent increase in wages.