Strike Action Bites Liberian Health Sector
Hospitals across the country are reportedly turning into "ghost towns" as more health workers join the ongoing strike action for better incentives.
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Liberia:
Strike Action Still Biting
Inquirer, 19 February 2014
The J.J. Dossen Hospital, the only referral Hospital that has been providing health care to ailing citizens in Maryland County has reportedly been turned into a 'ghost town' as all… Read more »
Newly-capped nurses (file photo).
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Liberia:
Looming Health Crisis
New Dawn, 20 February 2014
Senator Sando Johnson of Bomi County has described the current posture of the Minister of Health and Social Welfare Dr. Walter Gwenigale and his officials against aggrieved health… Read more »
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Liberia:
Dismissal Not Solution, Mr. Minister
New Dawn, 20 February 2014
The authority of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare announced the dismissal of twenty-two health workers-just forty-eight hours following a threat issued by Minister Walter… Read more »
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Liberia:
Tallewoyen Hospital Abandoned
NEWS, 20 February 2014
A nationwide strike action by health workers has paralyzed several health centers in the country, including the Tallewoyen hospital in Lofa County. Read more »
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Liberia:
Patients Abandoned Phebe Hospital
NEWS, 20 February 2014
Bong County Health Officer, Dr. Samson Arzoaquoi has disclosed that the Phebe Hospital in central Liberia has been paralyzed as a result of the ongoing strike action by health… Read more »
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Liberia:
Averting Strike - Senate Meet With Finance, Health Ministers
FrontPageAfrica, 20 February 2014
Plenary of the Senate Wednesday held a special session aimed at addressing the concerns of striking health workers who are on a go-slow in demand of incentives and resignation of… Read more »
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Liberia:
JJ Dossen Joins Strike As Police Patrol Health Centers in Bong
Heritage, 20 February 2014
The J.J Dossen Hospital in Harper, Maryland County is turning away patients in critical conditions as nurses join the nationwide health workers strike. Read more »
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Liberia:
Health Works Strike Leaves Patients Hopeless in Liberia
FrontPageAfrica, 19 February 2014
The decision by government health workers to go on a go-slow action has left so many patients in dire straits. Read more »
