Kent junior doctors join national strike in protest over contracts
00:00, 09 March 2016
updated: 07:59, 09 March 2016
Kent's junior doctors have walked out for a third time in a row over new contracts.
Workers are joining colleagues across England in the protests, as the disagreement over pay and working hours rumbles on.
More than 5,000 non-emergency operations have been postponed, but medics are still providing emergency care.
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The walk out came into effect at 8am, and will last for the next 48 hours - the longest strike so far.
It comes after the government announced last month that the controversial contract would be imposed.
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