SWAZI HEALTH WORKERS BACK IN COURT

Doctors, nurses and health workers in Swaziland have forced the government to reconsider a decision to cut their on-call allowances. They had threatened a boycott.

The Swaziland Nurses Association had approached the Industrial Court on urgent basis. The A lawyer for the Swazi Government told the court on Friday (9 February 2018) it would negotiate on the matter. The case will resume in court on 9 April 2018.

The government had issued a circular that cut on-call allowances to save E50 million (US$4.2 million) a year from the health budget. Health professions were not consulted before the announcement. 

See also

SWAZI DOCTORS SUSPEND STRIKE

https://swazimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2018/02/swazi-doctors-suspend-strike.html

 

HEALTH CRISIS: BLOOD SUPPLIES DRY UP

https://swazimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/health-crisis-blood-supplies-dry-up.html

 

MEDICINE SHORTAGE: FIVE DIE

http://swazimedia.blogspot.com/2017/06/medicine-shortage-five-die.html

 

DRUG SHORTAGE CRISIS DEEPENS

http://swazimedia.blogspot.com/2017/05/swazi-drug-shortage-crisis-deepens.html