Orhan Karakaya has been in and out of hospital his entire adult life living with ulcerative colitis. Never in that time has he seen doctors in the state take strike action, but with a drip in his arm, Karakaya came out to support the rally outside Westmead hospital. Tuesday is the first of three days of industrial action being taken by public sector doctors in New South Wales who say they have the worst wages and working conditions of doctors anywhere in the country. “I think it’s a ridiculous joke they’re having to be here and strike. They don’t want