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Field hospital medics seek compensation for working 12-hour days at peak of pandemic

Cuban doctors want overtime pay for Covid-19 battle

The eight Cuban doctors deployed to the Dr Elizabeth Mamisa Chabula-Nxiweni Field Hospital, who spent the first few months of the pandemic working up to 12 hours a day, including weekends, have requested overtime payments.

However, the contracts signed by the doctors did not include commuted overtime but the department has agreed to look at the request...

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