Hospital workers threaten strike

More than 90,000 contract employees of all government hospitals across the country have threatened to stage a nationwide strike if their demands for a pay rise and welfare benefits are not met.

Speaking yesterday at Nakhon Ratchasima university, employees' leaders said all workers at 875 government hospitals and public health stations would stop if their fourpoint demands were not met by next month. Kanokphorn Suksanit, a protest leader, said the strike would not be carried out in a way that would affect treatment of patients or threaten their health.

 One demand....