MONROVIA- The President of the Liberia National Physicians Assistance Association, Theophilius T. Fayiah has expressed disappointment over government failure to lift up the increment in nurses health workers salary. By Francis G.
Boayue Fayiah on Wednesday in a press conference, said since the inception of the Boakai-led government took office in January, the public health laws and increment in salary for health workers continue to be ignored. According to Fayiah, a policy was signed and took 18 months to formulate before reaching validation during the Weah’s led government to increase health workers salary, but interestingly, the policy is only working for doctors who are taking $2,398 for doctors while nurses and Physician Assistants are still underpaid. “We are not happy with the way the government is treating health workers in this country, and we are going to call on all healthcare workers under our voice to assemble in the soonest possible time to a mass protest till the government can do the needful,” Fayiah said.
He further said this policy as a matter of fact didn’t happen as a result of election or political campaign but rather as the result of improving the livelihood of health workers across Liberia. “With heavy hearts and disappointment, the government continues to ignore the policy that was turned over to them by the past government, the Unity Party led government continues to ignore the plight of health workers in this country, our budget took into co.