There is a squabble going on between Queensland Health and 74 visiting medical officers (VMOs) over the payrolls and working conditions.

On Friday, the two parties will be moving to Industrial Relations Commission to resolve the case.

VMOs are arguing that though being private doctors, they are serving Nambour Hospital by imparting training to fresh doctors for treating patients and since the past 18months; they have been working on such an employment accord.

Health officials are being warned by VMOs to quit their services and such a situation can land the state hospitals into trouble, as told by Ross Cartmill, Chairman of Australian Medical Association (AMA) Queensland.

Cartmill said, "It can't function in the way the community there would be used to because most of the surgery in Queensland - and Nambour's just another hospital - most of the surgery is performed by VMOs - so every department would be affected".

Paul Lucas, Deputy Premier and Health Minister expressed that AMA employed such ways earlier also to threaten the Government. He further added that he is sure that it is just a warning and the doctors are not going to put patients’ life in risk. Thus, he doesn’t take the threat seriously.

In 2009, the Government proposed the association a deal to increase VMOs pay for visiting specialists, which was declined by them, as told by Mr. Lucas.