Athens and Piraeus state hospital doctors will hold a four-hour work stoppage on Friday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. to protest against their “extensive unpaid work”. Their union (EINAP) said on Tuesday that past payments due by the state will start being paid by April 27 the latest.

Doctors and nurses will only be paid part of overtime and emergency duty reimbursement owed them for 2012-2014 confirmed EINAP, however the total owed state hospitals for overtime and emergency duty by staff totals 40 million euros: 28 million euros for emergency duty rotations by doctors and 12 million for overtime of all other staff.

Injunctions for late payments have already been filed by specialists from central Evangelismos hospital and the Penteli Children’s Hospital have filed injunctions over their delayed payments.