NAIROBI, May 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenyan nurses have threatened to strike over a coronavirus risk allowance.
Union leaders gave a two-week warning to the government that health workers could take industrial action if their demands for those on the frontline are not met.
Some of the issues that union officials want addressed include permanent employment for their members as well as pending promotions.
“It is disappointing to note that up to date the government has remained adamant or chose to totally ignore our grievances leaving the union with no option but to take further action,” George Gibore, secretary general of the Kenya Union of Clinical Officers (KUCO) said.
Peterson Wachira, chairman of KUCO said that seven of their members have tested positive for coronavirus.
Meanwhile, in NIGERIA, medical doctors under the employ of Lagos State Government expressed worry over-relaxation of the lockdown in the State, disclosing that 16 members of the Medical Guild have been infected with COVID-19.
Speaking at a press conference, the Chairman of the Medical Guild, Dr Oluwajimi Sodipo said that the doctors were in a stable condition, adding that to prevent more doctors from testing positive to the disease, they have adopted the slogan of no personal protective equipment, no work.
The Nigerian Medical Association, the umbrella body of doctors in the country, says the slow testing process and a lack of adequate protective gear and testing kits are putting medical staff at risk.
President of the association Dr Francis Faduyile said that it was also important for all patients arriving in hospitals to be tested to determine their coronavirus status before any treatment. — NNN-AGENCIES
