Sri Lanka protest: Healthcare workers strike against allowance scheme

Sri Lanka's government hospitals have ground to a halt as tens of thousands of health workers went on strike against an increase in benefits paid only to doctors. The Health Trade Union Alliance says it wants economic justice and the same treatment for other health workers.

Al Jazeera’s Minelle Fernandez reports from Colombo.

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