The Society also wants the province to improve its recruitment strategy for physicians. A mediation session over part of the weekend failed to avert job action by doctors, and mediation has resumed. But as of Tuesday morning, there has been no breakthrough. Doctors are seeking a 30-percent pay hike. The province has said it doesn't have that kind of money.
Emergency rooms are still operating, it is most doctor's offices that have closed their doors.
The New Brunswick Medical Society says too many doctors are leaving the province because wages in New Brunswick are not competitive. Locally, in a show of support for striking physicians, a St. Stephen woman is organizing a peaceful protest to take to Frederiction Thursday morning. Shirley Shannon says she's trying to arrange donations of buses or vehicles to take seniors to Fredericton for the protest. Shannon tells Classic News she hopes to either speak with New Brunswick Premier Bernard Lord or present him with a letter showing support for the doctors. If you have a web site and want to add a link to us, just click here to download the HTML code to pop into your web site.