00:01Well, the union estimates that thousands of doctors have walked off the job today.
00:06This is a four-hour strike starting at 1.30 and ending at 5.30pm.
00:12Doctors here are striking over conditions and pay.
00:16They say they're working unsustainable hours, they're fatigued.
00:19They say that it's a threat to patient safety.
00:22They say that doctors are working under increasingly stressful conditions,
00:26working up to 14-hour shifts.
00:27What they want is a 12.5-hour cap on shifts,
00:31a limit of four consecutive night shifts down from seven
00:34and a 28% pay rise over four years.
00:38They say they've been bargaining for 14 months,
00:40they've been trying to negotiate with the government,
00:42but still they're yet to receive a reasonable offer.
