Nurses dissatisfied with how the Health Ministry has dealt with complaints about pay and working conditions started to hand in their resignations. The nurses and other medical workers have five basic demands: a proper level of funding for health care facilities and a bill not only applicable to hospital staff but also to personnel in doctor’s offices, spas and social service facilities. They also insist that maternity leave and time spent unemployed be counted towards the period of their specialised experience, as well as on hiring extra nurses and midwives to hospitals, and on factoring the number of years one has worked in the sector into the calculation of the pay-rise.
English: http://spectator.sme.sk/c/20064750/over-200-nurses-resign …
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