Efforts to settle Israel’s three month-old doctors’ strike suffered a setback today when representatives of the 8,500 publicly employed physicians broke off negotiations with government representatives arly this morning after 30 hours of talks. A spokesman for the Israel Medical Association said the employers made no new offers and the doctors were not prepared to continue “useless talks. ” The employers are the government, represented by the Treasury, Kupat Holim, the Histadrut sick fund, and representatives of Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. They had hoped that three days of intensive negotiations would bring a settlement. Meanwhile, Kupat Holim doctors who set up “alternative clinics” where patients are treated for a fee of 600 Shekels (about $13) raised their fees today to 900 Shekels (over $20).
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