#Ethiopia: Health professionals at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital hold protest ahead of nationwide strike demanding better pay, benefits, and working conditions
Health professionals at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital held a pre-strike protest on Monday, ahead of a nationwide strike planned for Tuesday to demand better salaries, benefits, and working conditions. Protesters carried placards reading, “We Save Lives But Can’t Afford Rent,” “Stop Harassing Health Workers,” and “Healthy Citizens Build a Strong Economy.” The demonstration follows similar actions held earlier this month in public hospitals nationwide, including over the weekend in Debre Tabor, Debre Markos, Bahir Dar’s Tibebe Ghion, and Felege Hiwot hospitals, where health professionals raised concerns over “delayed salaries, unfulfilled benefit payments, and deteriorating workplace conditions.”
Speaking to Addis Standard, one health professional actively participating in the movement said the nationwide strike is intended to be “a partial strike which preserves emergency, labor, and ICU services,” and added, “we don’t think that’s harmful to the people.” The professional stated, “We really care for our people,” and explained that their oath “obliged us not to harm patients, so we will never do that.” However, he cautioned that if authorities “do any harm to those who are involved in the partial strike, we will be obliged to get into full strike,” and warned that “the government will be fully responsible for all deaths and morbidity that will happen owing to that.”
https://addisstandard.com/?p=50109
Health professionals at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital held a pre-strike protest on Monday, ahead of a nationwide strike planned for Tuesday to demand better salaries, benefits, and working conditions. Protesters carried placards reading, “We Save Lives But Can’t Afford Rent,” “Stop Harassing Health Workers,” and “Healthy Citizens Build a Strong Economy.” The demonstration follows similar actions held earlier this month in public hospitals nationwide, including over the weekend in Debre Tabor, Debre Markos, Bahir Dar’s Tibebe Ghion, and Felege Hiwot hospitals, where health professionals raised concerns over “delayed salaries, unfulfilled benefit payments, and deteriorating workplace conditions.”
Speaking to Addis Standard, one health professional actively participating in the movement said the nationwide strike is intended to be “a partial strike which preserves emergency, labor, and ICU services,” and added, “we don’t think that’s harmful to the people.” The professional stated, “We really care for our people,” and explained that their oath “obliged us not to harm patients, so we will never do that.” However, he cautioned that if authorities “do any harm to those who are involved in the partial strike, we will be obliged to get into full strike,” and warned that “the government will be fully responsible for all deaths and morbidity that will happen owing to that.”
https://addisstandard.com/?p=50109