Police in Zambia have started arresting members of the resident doctors association after their leaders announced a strike on Friday.
The Resident Doctors Association of Zambia (RDAZ) is demanding the recruitment of 500 doctors and payment of salary arrears, among other issues, according to its president Dr Brian Sampa.
They are also demanding the creation of new positions for senior doctors who have continued to receive salaries at the level of junior doctors.
Mr Sampa’s practicing license has been suspended following his strike announcement.
Zambia Police chief Kakoma Kanganja has also warned him that he would be arrested if he continued addressing his members through via Zoom meetings.
However, Mr Sampa has released a video, widely shared on social media, alleging that his members were now being arrested.
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We hear now that doctors are now being arrested for asking for their arrears says Resident Doctors Association of Zambia president Dr Brian Sampa pic.twitter.com/tpcozAvCQl
— pilAto (@iampilato) May 30, 2021
Medical students at the University Teaching Hospital in the capital, Lusaka, have started a go slow in solidarity with the association.
Zambians on social media have also condemned the doctors’ arrests, with opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema tweeting that the crackdown was “insane”:
The intimidation of our Doctors must end immediately! It is insane that in times of Covid-19, a Government can arrest such essential workers just for seeking what is due to them. Be strong my friends, we are forming Government soon. pic.twitter.com/SoupPk8avs
— Hakainde Hichilema (@HHichilema) May 30, 2021
The police have not commented on the arrest allegations.
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