Ebola health workers go on strike in Sierra Leone More than 400 health workers in only Ebola treatment clinic in southern Sierra Leone have gone on strike over unpaid risk allowances promised by the government. More than 400 health workers in only Ebola treatment clinic in southern Sierra Leone have gone on strike over unpaid risk allowances promised by the government. Nurses, cleaners, and porters at the clinic – which is located in Bandjuma, Bo district – walked out after the government failed to make risk allowances payments of an extra $100 a week since September. The government agreed to make the payments when the treatment center was established. The clinic is run by Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF), which pays the staff’s basic salaries. There are also a number of international staff at the center, but they are unable to keep it open on their own. “If the strike action continues we will shut down the treatment center,” said Ewald Stars, emergency coordinator for MSF. Stars also called on the government to pay the staff as promised. “An ambulance has just been turned away with a patient because the workers cannot go into the clinic if allowances are not paid,” Mohamed Mbawah, a representative of the striking workers, told Reuters.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 16:42:21 +0000
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