Nurses warn of pickpocketing spree by president Solih

There are no highly paid nurses in the Maldivian health sector.The nurses and health care support staffs believe the recent increase in their salaries as announced by the government is like a pickpocketing spree of president Solih

Nurses .doctors and support staffs say president Solih fails to bring a positive change in salaries as mentioned in this year’s Presidential Statement.

According to the details announced by the Health Ministry, there is no highest paid nursing supervisor in any hospital. The salary for the post is Rs.41232/- per month.
The next highest salary is for Senior Clinical Nurse. There is no such nurse in any hospital in Maldives. The salary for the post is Rs. 37374/- per month.

The lowest ranks of nurses have received a small percentage increase in their salaries.The increase for Registered Nurse Rank-5, to which the largest number of nurses belong is just a mere sum of 983/- .

The government has announced that the highest paid doctors, a Senior Sub-Specialist Consultant, will be paid Rs -/98137 with the change in the salaries of health workers .However,it shows there is no such doctor working in the Malives as per the informations revealed by the Health Ministry.

Most of the nurses and doctors say that president Solih looted their pockets for his upcoming election campaign and pay his newly recruited political staffs in the government.