PSMI doctors down tools

Premier Services Medical Investments (PSMI) yesterday shut its doors to the public after doctors and other medical staff went on strike over unpaid salaries, owing to the government's failure to pay about $44 million to the Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS).

PSMI, a subsidiary of PSMAS, has been struggling to pay its workers because government has not been remitting civil servants' medical aid subscriptions.

Medical staff who spoke on condition of anonymity claimed most senior staff had gone for half a year without pay.

The industrial action started yesterday, with the workers vowing to continue with the strike until they received their outstanding salaries.