The Medical Association of Malta (MAM) said today that it has, withdrawn its directive, for the one hour strike action which was to take place on Tuesday morning, between 8.00an and 9.00am, involving doctors in Government hospitals, clinics and health centres.

In a joint statement by the Health Ministry and MAM, it said that meetings had been taking place between officials from the Department of Health, PACBU (Public Administration Unit collective bargaining) and the Malta Medical Association (to MAM), during which the current outstanding issues were discussed.

“The goodwill shown by these two parties led to progress in the negotiations and MAM announced that it will immediately suspend the industrial action with the health department,” the statement said.

The Parliamentary Secretary for Health Chris Fearne and MAM President Dr. Martin Balzan expressed their satisfaction that the discussions had helped resolve the existing problems in the spirit of social dialogue.

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