Peru hospital managers' 'mass walkout' over medics' strike

Doctors and other public sector workers say their wages
 have fallen behind

About 90% of hospital managers in Peru have resigned in support of doctors on strike over pay, union officials say.

The head of Peru's medical federation, Cesar Palomino, told the BBC that more than 300 managers had quit in the capital Lima alone.

The walkout by 11,000 doctors, now in its fifth week, has caused huge backlogs in hospitals and clinics.

Doctors say that despite Peru's recent strong economic growth, their pay has not been increased in years.

Unions blame President Ollanta Humala's conservative economic policies, championed by Finance Minister Luis Miguel Castilla, for blocking wage increases.

Mr Palomino said the strike had reached a turning point and the government's only option was to give in to doctors' demands.

-  BBC.co.uk