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“Govt
is apathetic toward issues raised by Nepali nurses”
(rep 08/01/2021)
Nursing
license exam to take place on Saturday : Number of
participants decline due to pandemic (kh
26/11/2020)
Frontline
health workers in Karnali Province deprived of risk
allowanceThe Health Ministry in April had announced 50
percent allowance for workers deployed to the
frontline in the fight against Covid-19, by Jyotee
Katuwal and Chandan Kathayat (kp 23/11/2020)
Health
workers in Birgunj local unit found absent from duty :
An inspection team from Paterwa Sugauli Rural
Municipality found health workers in all four health
posts of the local unit absent from duty for over a
week without informing authorities, by Bhusan
Yadav (kp 07/09/2020)
Frontline
health workers in Kapilvastu deprived of risk
allowance : Some health workers in the district have
set up coronavirus insurance in their own initiatives
by paying premiums themselves, by Manoj Paudel (kp
07/09/2020)
Care
for the frontliners : The government must immediately
provide risk allowances to all Covid-19 frontline
workers (kp 31/08/2020)
Health
workers say they reuse disposable masks as hospitals
don’t provide enough : More health workers not
involved in treating Covid-19 patients are getting
infected with the coronavirus due to the lack of
enough personal protective equipment, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 26/08/2020)
Health
workers deployed at Covid-19 frontline deprived of
their allowances: The health workers were supposed to
be paid an amount equivalent to their salary for
working under challenging conditions, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 07/07/2020)
Despite
quotas, gender stereotypes are still preventing men
from becoming nurses: As gender stereotypes continue
to see women as natural caregivers and nursing as
distinctly feminine, men are often reluctant to pursue
the profession, by Elisha Shrestha (kp 16/03/2020)
Employees
hired on contract basis complain of unequal pay at
Baitadi Hospital: They are afraid to talk about the
matter with hospital administration because of the
risk of being fired, say nurses, by Tripti Shahi
(kp 02/02/2020)
State-run
hospitals short of nurses: Need 46,000 nurses, but
15,000 have been hired so far, by Sabitri Dhakal
(ht 06/01/2020), Shortage
of nurses: There is a huge demand for nurses in the
developed world, and it is easy to tempt them with
good pay and facilities (ht 07/01/2020)
Health
Ministry awaits health workers’ contract directive
endorsed by the federal government: After directive is
received, agencies under the federal, provincial and
local level governments can hire health workers for
vacant posts, by Arjun Poudel (kp 25/12/2019)
Doti
health workers agitate seeking colleague’s release
(ht 11/12/2019)
Nurses
don’t want to work at rural schools, by Anil
Bhandari (rep 08/12/2019)
Female
community health volunteers: unsung heroes shouldering
huge responsibilities with minimal return: Nepal's
improvement in health indicators is largely credited
to the thousands of these health volunteers who have
been working untiringly for the last 31 years, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 06/12/2019)
Staff
adjustment affects health services across the country:
Health workers have refused their postings in remote
areas, according to officials, by Arjun Poudel (kp
03/12/2019)
Health
workers carry out administrative tasks in Bogtan,
Doti: Authorities say they are being compelled to hand
over the responsibility of ward secretaries to health
workers due to a lack of employees, by Mohan Shahi
(kp 26/11/2019)
Province
3 government to hire 101 nurses for schools in current
fiscal year: Each rural municipality will get
Rs500,000 to buy equipment and medicines for schools,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 22/10/2019)
Female
community health volunteers in baitadi fret over
‘paltry’ remuneration: The volunteers complain they
are yet to get due recognition, perks, and facilities
for their work, by Tripti Shahi (kp 26/08/2019)
Province
3 to extend ‘One School, One Nurse’ programme to 119
community schools: Teachers, guardians, and students
alike have come together to request the provincial
government to launch the programme in every community
school in the province, by Pratap Bista (kp
15/08/2019)
Health
Ministry seeks Cabinet approval to hire over 5,000
health workers: Officials say staff must be hired
immediately to ensure services to patients, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 11/08/2019)
Nursing
license results stir debate on quality of training,
by Sujeeta Pradhan (rep 04/07/2019)
Health
Ministry to ask health workers to continue service:
Health staff adjustment to be completed within a month,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 21/06/2019)
10
protesting nurses arrested (rep 18/05/2019), Nurses
agree to withdraw hunger strike after job assurance
(rep 20/05/2019), SDBNTC
nurse denies ending hunger strike (ht 22/05/2019),
Nurse
Jita Baral ends 14-day hunger strike (ht
24/05/2019)
Unemployment
high among qualified nurses (kp 13/05/2019)
Nurses
begin hunger strike at SDBNTC, NAN office (ht
11/05/2019)
Thousands
of health workers file complaint against their
adjustment (ht 21/04/2019), Health
Ministry suspends staff adjustment process: Directs
service providers to wait until further notice, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 23/04/2019)
Health
workers in Khotang without salaries for five months
(rep 06/04/2019)
Shortage
of nurses affects BPKIHS services, by Rohit Rai
(rep 17/03/2019)
Staff
adjustment proposal worries health assistants across
country, by Arjun Poudel (kp 12/02/2019)
Nurses
dissatisfied with MoHP proposed new health structure
(ht 29/01/2019)
Health
assistants defy ministry decision, by Nayak Paudel
(kp 09/01/2019), Health
Assistants
threaten to quit en masse: Stage rally in Capital
against government’s plan to allow auxiliary health
workers to head health posts, by Nayak Paudel (kp
11/01/2019), HAAN’s
protest programmes to continue (ht
15/01/2019)
All
local levels to get public health nurses (ht
30/12/2018)
Health
workers deprived of salary in Tanahun (ht
09/12/2018)
Health
workers deprived of salaries for months, preparing for
protest, by Bishnu Prasad Devkota (rep 18/08/2018)
Health
workers on war path in Jajarkot (ht 12/07/2018)
Less
than 50 pc nurses pass licence exam (ht
26/06/2018)
15pc
seats to be set aside for males to pursue nursing
courses (ht 25/06/2018), Council
opens nursing courses to male students, by Nayak
Paudel (kp 26/06/2018)
Nurses,
resident
doctors demand better facilities: The agitating nurses
and medical students warn of intensifying their
protests if their demands are not addressed
immediately (kp 23/06/2018), Nurses
demand high level positions at MoHP (ht
23/06/2018)
Health
workers deprived of salaries since months (rep
18/06/2018)
Health
workers in Jumla unhappy with new budget, by DB
Buda (rep 09/06/2018)
Staffers
of health posts in LMC not paid for four months
(ht 07/06/2018)
Health
post workers playing truant (ht 14/05/2018)
Health
workers call for improved services nationwide (kp
07/05/2018)
Health
staff sans salary for three months (ht 24/04/2018)
Nepali
men in nursing: It’s time males became nurses, by
Ben McGarry (ht 14/02/2018)
Nurses
begin
service boycott across country to protest their
‘exploitation’: Pressing an 11-point demand, nurses
have started boycotting services across the
country for three hours daily (kp 17/01/2018), KAHS
nurses protest against low pay, shun duties, by DB
Budha (rep 17/01/2018), Govt
ready to negotiate (kp 18/01/2018), Nurses’
stir cripples Dhangadi hospital (ht 18/01/2018), Nurses
call off protest after deal with govt (ht
19/01/2018)
Nurses
halt services for an hour across country (ht
13/01/2018)
Two
nurses stage sit-in demanding justice (ht
09/01/2018)
Dismissal
of
3 nurses at HOTC: Nurses warn of nationwide protest;
Term of nurses hired on contract expired recently:
Health Ministry (kp 03/01/2018)
‘FCHVs
can play crucial role in fighting NCDs’, by Manish
Gautam (kp 12/12/2017)
Nurses
threaten to hit streets (ht 10/12/2017)
Training
to
enhance health workers’ knowledge on GBV (ht
27/05/2017)
Nurses
demand
better pay (ht 13/05/2017)
Health
workers’
protest may hit anti-polio drive (kp 13/02/2017)
Nurses
being paid nominal salaries by private hospitals: NNC;
Montlhly pay of nurses a little more than Rs 3,000,
by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep 28/01/2017)
Govt
health workers must take permission to work in pvt
sector (rep 21/01/2017)
Health
workers' protest in Jumla hits patients, by DB
Buda (rep 02/01/2017)
Violence
against
women: Central role of health workers, by Giulia
Vallese and Jos Vandelaer (ht 08/12/2016)
Five
female
community health volunteers honoured (ht
06/12/2016)
Govt
taskforce
to address health professionals’ concerns: Nurses,
health assistants, community health workers, lab
technicians have been facing problems in recruitment
and job retention (kp 31/10/2016)
CIAA
concerned
about stalled recruitment of health workers in
far-western region (ht 06/08/2016)
Procedures
for
hiring doctors on contract formulated (ht
08/06/2016)
Over
100
positions of health workers lying vacant (ht
26/02/2016)
Health
workers
dearth in remote Ramechhap: Officials say the positions
for around 100 health workers are vacant in several
health facilities in remote parts of the district for a
long time (kp 18/02/2016)
Nurses
say
No: As nurses protest against forced volunteerism, the
ethical responsibilities of hospitals come into question,
by Manish Gautam (kp 19/09/3015)
DPHO
unable
to retain nurses, by J. Pandey (kp 10/07/2015)
Nursing
the
community: Community health nurses are critical parts of
the healthcare regimen, and yet, many remain unaware of
them, by Sumitra Sharma (kp 29/01/2015), Nurses
call
for uniformity in pay and perks (ht 30/01/2015)
Far-west
healthworkers’
strike on (ht 31/12/2014)
Govt
enforces
new affiliation decree: Nursing colleges must have
dedicated hospitals for practical learning in
order to acquire teaching licence (kp 08/10/2014)
Female
community
health volunteers warn of strong agitation (ht
24/07/2014)
Nurses
under
duress: A nurse at public hospital is forced to attend
up to 4 dozen patients, by Arjun Poudel (rep
25/06/2014)
Nurses
in
Nepal overburdened (rep 13/05/2014), Nurses
urge
govt to create more jobs (rep 14/05/2014)
Nursing
grievances:
As educated professionals with graduate degrees, nurses
need to be treated and paid better, by Pragya Paneru
(kp 15/04/2014)
Public
health
workers want vacancies filled (kp 06/04/2014)
Curse
of
the nurse: Nursing in Nepal is a thankless job, maybe
because almost all nurses are women, by Muna Sharma
(kp 09/03/2014)
Hospital
robs
aspiring nurses of millions, by Brij Kumar Yadav (ht
15/02/2014)
Sankhuwasabha
villagers
demand health workers, by Dipendra Shakya (kp
17/01/2014)
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