From Christopher Wiah, GNN Correspondent | Margibi County |
Nurses, Doctors and other medical staff in their number at one of Liberia’s referral hospitals in Margibi County early Monday morning, July 19, 2021 staged a huge protest in demand of their 30-month arrears, they said owed them by the Liberian Government through the management of the hospital.
According to GNN Correspondent in the county, the protest of the nurses, doctors and other medical staffs hampered the day to day activities at the hospital, as all doors to the medical center was shut down by the protesters thus denying patients access to the facilities.
Speaking to reporters during the protest, the spokesperson for the protesters, Steve Mayanko Jallah Said they have been working at the Hospital since 2015 without being employed and further noted that they have been issued letters f assignments from the human resource department that they have been acting on since 2015.
According to him, since their assignment at the hospital they have been paid as contractors without knowing the source of their salaries. He mentioned that, they have on several occasions written all members of the county legislative caucus including county authorities to address the issue but to no avail their quest have been heard.
Meanwhile, after nearly 7 hours of protesting, Margibi County Superintendent Jerry Varnie who is also chair to the hospital board called on the aggrieved workers to keep calm, assuring them the payment of at least three months out of the thirty months arrears.
Supt. Varnie promised to have said amount disburse before July 26, 2021, adding the rest of their demands including their remaining arrears will be discuss on July 29 of this year.
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