Gov't continues to put pressure on striking doctors

This is not the first threat addressed to medical community - at the beginning of the year Interior Minister Ludwik Dorn warned striking doctors about the possibility of them being drafted into the army. So far such threats have not brought any results. According to the law, doctors can be fired only if they knew that their strike was illegal, therefore the Ministry is ordering hospitals directors to inform them that this is indeed the case. The prosecutor has launched investigations on strikes in Łódź. Sławomir Zimny, the leader of the Doctors Trade Union in Łódź (ZZL) claims to have three legal opinions stating that the strikes comply with the law. (Gazeta Wyborcza, June 3-4, p.1) J.L.