Namibia: Angry Nurses Boycott Meeting

30 November 2006

Windhoek — Tension between nurses and hospital management in the Khomas Region is rising after nurses yesterday decided to boycott a meeting organized by the Permanent Secretary of Health and Social Services, Dr Kalumbi Shangula, at the Windhoek Central Hospital.

Shangula and his management waited almost an hour and then decided to leave after less than five nurses showed up for the meeting. The meeting was expected to discuss the interpretation of the Public Service Staff Rules with regard to overtime, Sunday and night work remuneration, which has been a bone of contention between the nurses and the hospital management.

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