Ugandan Nurses to halt activities on 15th January
The Uganda Nurses and Midwifes Union Uganda has promised the Uganda government to halt its activities if the government does not come up with a solution to their problems.
The Union through its President Justus Kiplangat confirmed to the government that all public nurses in government hospitals and health centers would not continue activities after 15th January if the income and salary disparity been them and the medical doctors is not solved.
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This is because of the nurses are one of the lowest paid civil servants in Uganda which has been their concern through their union for that last 10 years.
This information comes after the Medical Doctor interns also had been on the strike and a demonstration in which they were fired by the government because of the constant request of increase in the salary a situation that caused havoc in Uganda because it had caused shortage and limitation in medical services in the public hospitals and health centers which has been increasing the pressure on the ministry of health to do more on its sector as a ministry.
In an interview with the President of the Union, he mentioned that as the union they had requested the nurses and the midwives to move back to their routine activities but however to be patient only until 15th January and the Union is working out a solution with the government and they were only to work until a solution is reached otherwise they were to halt their activities by 15th January 2022.
