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title: "Doctors launch token strike at Karapitiya Teaching Hospital"
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date: 2024-11-02
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# Doctors launch token strike at Karapitiya Teaching Hospital

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Doctors at the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital in Galle have commenced a 24-hour token strike, according to the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA).

GMOA Treasurer Dr. Ubhaya Bandara Warakagoda stated that the strike was initiated in protest over threats made by a doctor against several other doctors of the hospita