Underpaid
Nepali nurses set their sights abroad : The monthly
salary of nurses in most private hospitals in Nepal is
in the range of Rs10,000 to Rs15,000, insiders say,
by Subin Adhikari (kp 02/02/2023)
Nursing
staff crunch leaves hospitals high and dry : Although
the government makes big claims on building hospitals
and expanding health services, it is ignoring the need
to hire nurses that form the backbone of hospitals,
by Rita Lamsal (nlt 07/01/2023) [Despite
this great shortage at home, the government has reached
an agreement with the UK to send 10,000 nurses, even
though nurses there are currently on the barricades
because of poor pay and working conditions!]
Nepali
Nurses To Care For English Patients, by Namrata
Sharma (rn 28/09/2022)
Nurses
Abroad: Boon or Bane?, by Sahara Dhakal (rep
23/09/2022)
‘Government
role crucial for attracting students to nursing’ :
Increasing the number of nurses can help minimise the
gap in Nepal’s nurse-patient ratio (kp 11/09/2022)
Avenues
open for Nepali nurses but it could be a recruitment
tightrope : Officials say nurses serving in the private
sector have been underpaid and labour exploited, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 26/08/2022)
Despite
shortage within Nepal, government signs agreement to
send nurses to Britain : Nepal on Monday signed an MoU
to send at least 200 licensed nurses to the UK.
Observers say this could result in a shortage of nurses
in Nepal, by Shrutika Raut (nlt 22/08/2022), MoU
with UK opens new avenue of employment for Nepali
healthcare professionals (kh 22/08/2022), Thinking
of going to the UK to work as a nurse? Here is all you
need to know about latest labor pact to send
Nepali nurses to the UK (nlt 23/08/2022), Nepal
and UK sign deal to recruit Nepali nurses in the UK
healthcare sector : Nepali citizens will receive the
same rights, privileges, protection and dignity as
health professionals from the UK, as per the agreement,
by Pawan Pandey (kp 23/08/2022)
Govt
to send 10,000 nurses to UK : 150 to be sent in first
phase (kh 13/06/2022) [???],
Nepal
slated to sign labour pact to send nurses to Britain :
Nepali nurses selected to work in the UK will get same
salary as their British peers, officials say, by
Pawan Pandey (kp 19/06/2022), Recruitment
tightrope : The imbalance of healthcare professionals
could hinder our efforts to improve healthcare in Nepal
(kp 20/08/2022) [Nepal itself
does not need nurses at all, definitely!]
For
female health workers, it’s like the pandemic never
ended, by Manju Telor (rec 05/06/2022)
Staff
adjustment leads to personnel mismanagement at health
facilities : Many health workers in overstaffed local
units deprived of salaries for months, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 16/03/2022)
Together
in Combatting COVID; Vitality of Nurses, by Kopila
Shrestha Palikhe (kh 30/01/2022)
Process
of bringing nurses from Nepal to UK to take one year
(rep 24/01/2022)
Female
community health volunteers feel neglected : They have
long been demanding competitive salaries and allowances
but to no avail (kp 02/01/2022)
Government
planning to send 10,000 nurses to the UK for employment
(kh 19/11/2021) [These nurses
are not needed in Nepal?]
Boost
Morale Of Frontline Health Workers, by Prakash
Budhathoky (rn 07/10/2021)
Health
Ministry to recruit 20,000 health workers (kh
23/08/2021)
Shortage
of health workers a challenge as country braces for
Covid-19 third wave : Officials say the shortage of
specialist doctors including paediatricians is a major
concern (kp 22/07/2021)
Health
workers in Nepalgunj deprived of salary for three months
(ht 19/07/2021)
100
nursing colleges to close down (kh 18/06/2021) [Given the particularly high demand
for nurses in times of pandemic, the Oli government
should explain this absurd policy immediately!]
Act
Now: Manage Health Workers to Combat COVID-19, by
Nitish Lal Shrestha (kh 17/05/2021)
Saving
Nepali mothers on Mother’s Day : Dedicated nurse returns
to the village of her birth to run a birthing centre,
and save lives during the pandemic, by Naresh Newar
(nt 14/05/2021)
Frontline
health workers deprived of promised risk allowances :
Health workers who were engaged in setting up quarantine
and isolation facilities and providing treatment to
Covid-19 patients last year say they feel cheated by the
authorities, by Madhav Aryal (kp 04/05/2021)
What’s
it like to be a health worker in a pandemic? Bheri
Hospital nurses and doctors share their stories : It’s
tough, exhausting and stressful, they say, but they have
continued their duty, devoting themselves to the care of
the Covid-19 patients in one of the health facilities
that is overwhelmed and short of staff, by Madhu
Shahi (kp 03/05/2021)
Workers
deprived of risk allowance in Baglung : The Health
Ministry had announced a 50 to 100 percent allowance to
Covid-19 frontline workers, by Prakash Baral (kp
05/04/2021)
Health
workers deprived of risk allowance warn of halting
serviceAs many as 53 frontline health workers at Dolakha
District Hospital in Jiri have been deprived of
the Covid-19 risk allowance for months, by Anish
Tiwari (kp 24/01/2021)
“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)
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