Dozens of Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) employees demonstrated in front of the hospital yesterday, demanding that the Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) stop “stalling” the renegotiation of their industrial agreement.

The employees were led by Bahamas Public Services Union (BPSU) President Kimsley Ferguson mere hours after scores of doctors at PMH went on strike.

Ferguson advised the PHA to not “muzzle the ox that treads the corn”, noting that his union members at the hospital are “hardworking employees”.

“If the prime minister and the minister of health want a fight, a fight it is they will get, and we’re going to do this until such time as we get results,” Ferguson said.

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