Watch: Strike action at OR Tambo Hospital
Breaking news: Be aware that there are protests happening at the local hopsital
The Advertiser is on the scene at OR Tambo Hospital in Boksburg where a strike action has broken out.
It appears staff will be marching for the next couple of hours and there is at the moment no service.
It is understand some of the wards have been closed.
Strike at Tambo memorial hospital in Boksburg started at 10.20 am. Apparently staff will be singing and marching for the next two hours. @BoksburgNews #boksburgnews #strike #tambomemorialhospital pic.twitter.com/lOOGsi9rtd
— Sunel (@sunelg_) June 1, 2018
This action follows protest at the Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital in Johannesburg yesterday.
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi described these protests as unacceptable and says arrests need to be made.
Jack Bloom, DA spokesperson on health in Gauteng, has called for an urgent resolution to the strike at Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital.
READ STORY OF THE CHARLOTTE STRIKE HERE
