STRIKING junior doctors and radiographers face disciplinary action after they ignored a court ruling that their job action was
unlawful and gave them a 12-hour ultimatum to report for duty, the Health Services Board (HSB) said yesterday.
However, the doctors have accused the HSB of acting in bad faith for taking the issue to the Labour Court in the middle of negotiations after Cabinet last week assigned Vice President Constantino Chiwenga to
oversee the process.
At least 553 doctors and radiographers are on strike and the order for them to return to work expired at 9am yesterday.
The new twist to the health workers’
industrial action comes after a Labour Court on Saturday night ordered doctors to return

to work within 12 hours, saying the 23-day
strike was illegal.State media