On this one I can actually agree with the health ministry. I think it's irresponsible too. This isn't about a strike by nurses or similar—I could understand that, they're employees like anyone else. But here doctors are deliberately exploiting their defined monopoly position to make a political point.
Of course, the demand makes sense: the patient should pay for everything, since none of the other parties involved is willing to give up even a fraction of their profit.
There's the original article at tagesschau im Internet and on their site.