塞拉利昂医护人员停止罢工
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Health workers in Sierra Leone say they will end their 10-day strike, after the president agreed in a late-night deal to increase their pay six-fold.

塞拉利昂总统在一场深夜谈判中同意将医护人员的工资增长5倍,医护人员因此将终止持续10天的罢工。

Some hospitals are being manned by army and police doctors
Some hospitals are being manned by army and police doctors

Strike organiser Dr Freddie Coker told the BBC that doctors would now get a take-home salary of $600 (£402) a month, up from $100 (£67).

The deal came after President Ernest Bai Koroma had told health workers to return to work by Monday or be sacked.

The stoppage has led to the closure of the country's main children's hospital.

Several wards1 at the main maternity2 hospital(产科医院) in the capital Freetown have also been shut, while army and police nurses have been drafted in.

The president has said that the industrial action may have led to some deaths in the country.

Sierra Leone is one of the world's poorest countries and is recovering from civil war.

The government had earlier said the most it could afford was to double the health workers' pay.

President Koroma had, however, said their demands were justified3.

Nurses currently earn just $40 (£27) a month.

The strike comes as the country prepares to introduce free medical healthcare for pregnant women and breast-feeding(母乳喂养) mothers, as well as children under five years.

The health workers said this would lead to a huge increase in their workload4.

Sierra Leone has one of the world's highest rates of maternal5 mortality(产妇死亡率) .



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1 wards 90fafe3a7d04ee1c17239fa2d768f8fc     
区( ward的名词复数 ); 病房; 受监护的未成年者; 被人照顾或控制的状态
参考例句:
  • This hospital has 20 medical [surgical] wards. 这所医院有 20 个内科[外科]病房。
  • It was a big constituency divided into three wards. 这是一个大选区,下设三个分区。
2 maternity kjbyx     
n.母性,母道,妇产科病房;adj.孕妇的,母性的
参考例句:
  • Women workers are entitled to maternity leave with full pay.女工产假期间工资照发。
  • Trainee nurses have to work for some weeks in maternity.受训的护士必须在产科病房工作数周。
3 justified 7pSzrk     
a.正当的,有理的
参考例句:
  • She felt fully justified in asking for her money back. 她认为有充分的理由要求退款。
  • The prisoner has certainly justified his claims by his actions. 那个囚犯确实已用自己的行动表明他的要求是正当的。
4 workload fVCzw     
n.作业量,工作量
参考例句:
  • An assistant one day a week would ease my workload.每周有一天配一个助手就会减轻我的工作负担。
  • He's always grousing about the workload.他总是抱怨工作量大。
5 maternal 57Azi     
adj.母亲的,母亲般的,母系的,母方的
参考例句:
  • He is my maternal uncle.他是我舅舅。
  • The sight of the hopeless little boy aroused her maternal instincts.那个绝望的小男孩的模样唤起了她的母性。
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