Nursing Association of Nepal urges enforcement of minimum pay directive for nurses
Hospitals accused of ignoring government order to pay nurses the minimum salary. Nurses at Manipal Medical College in Pokhara staging a sit-in on the hospital premises with placards, pictured last week. They have been protesting since October 10. Nurses at Gandaki Medical College have joined the strike two days later. Anup Poudel/TKP
The Nursing Association of Nepal (NAN) has called for the immediate enforcement of the government’s directive on minimum remuneration for nurses.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, NAN said hospitals have ignored the directive issued on October 10, which requires all health institutions to pay nurses the minimum wage. The association said that despite the government fixing the basic monthly salary for fifth-level health workers at Rs34,000 from October 13, many nurses are still receiving as little as Rs15,000.
NAN said the failure to implement the directive has caused growing frustration among nurses employed in teaching, government, private, and community hospitals nationwide.
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