Doctors in Solomon Islands are planning a nationwide strike this Friday in protest of the government's failure to review a decades old scheme of service.
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The Solomon Star newspaper reported a 28 day strike notice given to the ministry of public service lapsed on Monday.
However the Solomon Islands' Medical Association said doctors were conducting an awareness campaign first so the public know what to do in cases of serious medical emergencies once the strike kicks off on Friday.
The public service ministry had presented two proposals for a revised services scheme but both were rejected by the medical association as being insufficient to address doctors concerns.
The government has reportedly criticised the doctors proposal as being 'financially colossal and seemingly ignorant' of the country's fiscal and economic status.
The last SIMA nationwide strike was in 1999.
