Public Health: health personnel threaten to go on strike

The Union Leaders made the announcement shortly after a fruitless discussion with the Public Health Minister on Thursday 12th January 2017.

According to the National President of Medico Sanitary Balla Balla, the decision to begin the strike action was taken because of the following grievances:

- Contract workers do not benefit from health allowances although they do the same job.

- Heavy work load; averagely one health personel takes care of 60 patients.

- Government train nurses yearly, but they are either not recruited or employed as temporal workers sometimes with no salary.

- No medical coverage for health personnel.

- Maltreatment of paramedics.

According to the trade Unionists, the long list of demands have not been heeded to for the past 20 years.

During the meeting, the Minister of Public Health argued that the problems will be addressed but the members of the Trade Union remained skeptical and maintained the decision to go on strike.