Colombia rolls back forced labor order for medical personnel
Colombia rolls back forced labor order for medical personnel
by Adriaan Alsema April 24, 2020
Colombia’s health ministry rolled back a forced labor order for doctors and nurses on Thursday after fierce protests by the country’s medical community.
Health Minister Fernando Ruiz issued a decree in which he rolled back a controversial article from a previous decree that obliged medical personnel to work without security guarantees or pay.
The new decree allows medical personnel to refuse to work if they believe the guarantees for them to do their work do not exist.
The health minister rolled back the controversial article, but did not attend structural problems in healthcare before restarting the country’s manufacturing and construction on Monday.
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https://colombiareports.com/colombia-rolls-back-forced-labor-order-for-medical-personnel/
