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News

Quebec doctors reject pay rise in favour of investment in health system

BMJ 2018; 360 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k1160 (Published 12 March 2018) Cite this as: BMJ 2018;360:k1160

Rapid Response:

Regarding sources of information

Dear Editors

I wonder if your reporter can reveal where she obtain this information when she wrote:

" By March 58% (11 865) of Quebec’s doctors and trainee doctors had signed the group’s petition to revoke the pay increases."

I have visited various websites including Médecins québécois pour le régime public itself and neither MQRP or any media outlets I have access have confirmed this quote.

I am however aware that not all signatories to this petition are doctors, some 25% of the original 800+ names listed late last month are medical students

Competing interests: No competing interests

13 March 2018
Shyan Goh
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Sydney, Australia