A leading North East junior doctor believes the public back strike action and know "it's not only for junior doctors, it's for patients".
Milo Kostusiak, an orthopaedic registrar working in North Tyneside and from Durham, is chair of the British Medical Association's North East regional junior doctors committee. He told ChronicleLive the continued action was vital to protect the NHS, stop a staff exodus and ensure huge waiting lists are reduced.
Speaking from the picket line at North Tyneside General Hospital on the second day of this month's two-day strike, he said: "Morale here among junior doctors is still high - we still believe in the core issue of this dispute: the demand for full pay restoration. We don't want to be here, we would much rather be back at work but the Government is not listening to us."
