November 2016 ; DabangaSudan; The 14 medical doctors detained incommunicado by Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) since 31 October may be subjected to torture, says the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS). At least 49 other doctors participating in the strike across Sudan have been summoned by …
Read More »LIBERIA: President Sirleaf Appeals to Doctors to Show Patriotism Amid Service.
November 2016 emansion; President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has appealed to Liberian Doctors to show patience and patriotism by continuing their service to humanity. According to a dispatch from Marrakech, Morocco, the Liberian leader in a special but passionate message observed that in 2006, at the start of the administration, the …
Read More »LIBERIA:Doctors Threaten ‘Strike Action’ Over Arrears
November 2016 DailyObserver; A 72-hour ultimatum, beginning today (Tuesday), has been extended to the government to pay doctors their two-month’s arrears, including the regularization of their salary payments, to avoid a planned strike action at the end of the request, which starts on Friday. In a consensus meeting yesterday on …
Read More »KENYA:One dies in hospital following nurses’ strike in Tharaka-Nithi
November 2016 DailyNation; A woman involved in a road accident died on Friday evening after she failed to get medical attention at a hospital due to the ongoing nurses’ strike in Tharaka-Nithi County. Ms Mary Kaguna from Nkararu, died while being rushed to Gatunga Mission Hospital from Tharaka Hospital where …
Read More »KENYA: Doctors issue strike notice, dismiss SRC job evaluation report
November 2016 DailyNation; Doctors and nurses Saturday issued separate 21-day strike notices, saying that the salaries commission had duped them with the job evaluation released Friday. They said that the report by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission had not only delayed their separate pay deals, it had also failed to …
Read More »KENYA: City Hall Issues Show Cause Letters to Striking Doctors
October 2016 CapitalFM; The Nairobi County Government has issued show cause letters to striking doctors after they boycotted their duties once again even after the signing of a return to work formula. Speaking to reporters Thursday, County Secretary Robert Ayisi pointed out that City Hall has also obtained a court …
Read More »KENYA: Health Ministry calls for sober debate on trade unions
October 2016 DailyNation; The Ministry of Health has called for sober debate on whether trade unions for health workers are doing more harm than good to medical care by the frequent strikes they call to demand better pay for members. Though the unions provide a platform for concerned individuals to …
Read More »SUDAN: Medical Strike in Sudan Expanding
October 2016 RadioDabanga; The strike of medical doctors in Sudan has gained more support as paediatric specialists and surgeons, psychiatrists, and dentists have downed their tools as well. Medics of 90 state hospitals are now on strike. The authorities dispatched life-saving medicines and medical equipment to various hospitals in Khartoum …
Read More »KENYA: Doctors in Nyeri Set to Go on Strike as County Fails to Address Grievances
September 2016 DailyNation; Doctors in Nyeri are set to down tools on Friday for what they have said is poor staffing, delayed salaries and failure to give them study leave unless the county addresses their grievances. In a notice issued last week, the doctors that persistent failure by the county …
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