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World in Brief: January 4 2017
POLAND: Thousands of doctors refused to work overtime yesterday in protest at new contracts forcing them to work more than 48 hours per week.
Some hospitals had to postpone non-critical operations.
The Health Ministry claimed 3,500 of 88,000 hospital doctors have refused to sign up to the new contracts, but protesters said the figure was closer to 5,000.
LEE BROWN highlights the latest attempts to undo progressive reforms instated during the presidency of Rafael Correa
