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- 1Sudanese doctors say RSF looted Sodari hospital▼Sudanese doctors accuse RSF of looting hospital in Sodari — Anadolu Agency
Sudanese doctors say the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces looted a hospital in Sodari, in Sudan's North Kordofan region. The Sudan Doctors' Union reports the facility was stripped of equipment and supplies, worsening an already dire health crisis as fighting between the RSF and the army continues across the country. Health facilities have repeatedly come under attack or occupation during the two-year war.
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Unionized doctors have reached an agreement with Allina Health, ending a strike at the Minnesota-based health system. The deal resolves the labor dispute that had taken physicians off the job, though details of the settlement, including terms on pay, staffing and working conditions, have not been laid out in initial reports. The agreement marks a resolution to one of the more unusual labor actions in US healthcare, involving doctors rather than nurses or support staff.
- 3Doctors' union at Minnesota's Allina Health reaches first contract deal▼"The union representing about 150 doctors at Allina Health’s Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids and its Unity campus in Fridl
The union representing about 150 doctors at Allina Health's Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids and its Unity campus in Fridley, Minnesota, announced a tentative agreement on a first contract with the health system. The deal follows a four-day strike by the physicians, who have been pushing for improved working conditions and bargaining rights.
- 4Surgeons Pack Meeting to Discuss Unionization Push▼Standing-Room-Only Crowd Discusses Unionization, Professional Autonomy
A packed, standing-room-only session at the American College of Surgeons took up unionization and professional autonomy, signaling growing interest among physicians in collective bargaining. Attendees discussed how organizing could give surgeons more say over working conditions, staffing and clinical decisions amid mounting pressures on the profession.