Health workers at Solwezi General Hospital this morning staged a sit in protest demanding to be paid their 40 percent housing allowance paralysing some sections at the health Institution.
A check by ZANIS at the Hospital found nurses outside chatting while Casual workers
were being addressed by the Hospital Administrator Job Moonga in the dinning Hall.
And a Solwezi resident, Douglas Katoka told ZANIS that he had brought a dead body
of his relative to the mortuary around 05:00 hrs and the body was still lying
outside the mortuary because the attendant was not available.
Some of the nurses talked to complained that they have not been paid their housing
allowance, fixed band arrears, commuted leave days and travel benefits since April
this year while some senior health officers who bought government houses were
getting housing allowance.
And Nursing Officer Patrick Lunda said the maternity, Children and the high cost
wards were being manned by one nurse each.
He added that he was trotting from one ward to the other to ensure that patients
were attended to.
Meanwhile the nurses have vowed not to go back for work until they are paid all
their allowances.
If Ryan Chitoba and Koyi can get 1.6 million imprest to drive around town, pay the nurses doing our nation real service! I fully support the strike action this time. Most govt officers in Lusaka are a corrupt lot being paid far more than they work for while my sister at Solwezi General is working for something Chitoba considers change. What sort of incentives are these.
Levy….its clear no one respects your rhetoric about fighting corruption.
This artical is about the hospital staf is protessting.