Sources involvedin the negotiations betweenthe nursesunionand theMinistries of Healthand Finance reported progress, Sunday evening. Chairwoman Ilana Cohen of theNurses Federation expressed the hopethatit will be possibleto reachsignificant progressin order toprevent a strikeplannedfor Monday.
Nurses have walked out on wards that have been filled with more patients than agreed to by the union and management in recent months. The federation suggestedwaystoease the suffering ofpatientsandit was decidedthatthe Ministry of Health would respond, including an incentive plan for the nurses, on Tuesdaymorning.