Greek doctors, pharmacists on strike against reforms

Greek pharmacists and doctors on Monday kicked off a week of labour action against cost-cutting measures and liberalisation reforms pursued by the country's debt-struck government. Most pharmacies were to shut until Tuesday in opposition to a state attempt to further cut their profit margins to 15 percent, from 18 percent now, in order to help sustain Greece's troubled social security funds.
State hospitals were only treating emergency cases until Thursday to pressure the government to abandon plans for additional wage cuts, which are part of ongoing salary reductions in the broader Greek public sector.