Britain's junior doctors prepare to strike over pay, burnout


Junior Doctor Poh Wang, 28, poses for a photograph at his home in London, Britain, March 8, 2023. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

LONDON (Reuters) - Fed up with a government he says doesn't care, Poh Wang plans to go on strike with tens of thousands of other British junior doctors next week, saying he is overworked, underpaid and burdened with a student loan he cannot imagine paying off.

The 28-year-old says he and his colleagues have been pushed to the brink after below-inflation pay rises collided with the surging cost of living to leave him questioning how he can ever pay off his more than 85,000 pounds ($101,000) of student debt.

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