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Over 30 dead during Guinea-Bissau health worker strike, union says

More than 30 people have died because a health workers' strike in Guinea-Bissau has paralysed the healthcare system, a spokesperson for the nurses' union said on Wednesday.

The boycott over working conditions pays and other issues were launched on Monday in the small West African nation where chronically under-equipped hospitals and clinics have long angered workers and endangered patients.

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