Nurses and Midwives under their umbrella Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union have threatened to go on strike if government fails to address their grievances. President Museveni promised the union lunch allowances and Money for their Sacco but in vain. Nurses and Midwives Union wrote to the minister of Public Service seeking fulfillment of issues that President Museveni promised by 20 ...
Read More »Nurses Demand Risk Allowance During Covid-19 Lockdown
Nurses have demanded that government pays them risk allowance during covid lock down. Cherop Kiplangat Uganda nurses and midwives Union president argued that working in hospitals during covid season has put them at most risk to diseases yet they are not insured. “As we celebrate international nurses and midwives day we appeal to government to take safety of nurses as ...
Read More »Nurses, Midwives Threaten To Lay Down Tools Over Lack Of Protective Equipments
Officials of Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union (UNMU) in Jinja District have given government only 3 days ultimatum to supply them with protective equipments, if not they will stop working. The head of State in his last nation address said it clearly that it will be mandatory for everybody to put on face masks especially those leaving their homes heading ...
Read More »Two Mothers Lost Their Babies Over Absence Of Midwives
BUSIA- Two mothers were seen in grief on Tuesday after reportedly losing their babies at Buteba Health Centre in Busia due to alleged unavailability of midwives at that health facility. Check also: A Healthy Baby Girl Born Using Womb Transplanted From Dead Body Both mothers had given birth to baby twins with the assistance of a 70-year-old traditional birth attendant by ...
Read More »Nurses And Midwives Set To Strike Over Pay
Hardly a week after medical doctors suspended their three-week strike over pay, nurses and midwives have issued a one-week ultimatum to government to raise their salaries and better their working conditions or they down their tools. Check also: Doctors Set To Strike The nurses and midwives did not participate in the doctors’ strike, saying it was illegal but in a November ...
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