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Health Ministry directs to provide minimum wages to health workers


13 December 2024  

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KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Health and Population has directed the bodies concerned to make provision of minimum wages to all health workers, including nurses, working at health institutions.

Issuing a circular to this effect to all health academies, government offices, medical colleges, the community and private hospitals, and to the Quality Standard and Regulation Division of the Ministry, the Ministry urged the bodies concerned to provide facilities including minimum wages.

“A secretary-level decision was made on December 12 to provide minimum wages and other service and facilities as per government’s service to all nurses and other health workers working at health institutions,” reads the circular.

The ministry also asked to strictly implement the provision of additional allowance for overtime, health institutions and educational institutions should recruit human resources on contract not in daily basis, the offices should not keep original mark sheet as well as should provide experience letter.

Similarly, the health institutions are asked to provide salaries of nurses and other health workers through banking system.

The Ministry at the direction of Health Minister Pradip Paudel has made such decision to make arrangement of service and facilities including minimum wages.

Publish Date : 13 December 2024 20:18 PM

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