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LNA alleges receiving death threats, bribery over QMMH nurses’ salaries LNA alleges receiving death threats, bribery over QMMH nurses’ salaries Limpho Sello THE Lesotho Nurses Association (LNA’s) executive committee members have claimed receiving death threats and bribery attempts from well-known individuals who wanted to coerce them into ditching their fight for salary increases for Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial Hospital (QMMH). LNA secretary general ‘Mamonica Mokhesi said this on Thursday after the announcement that former QMMH nurses would next month be absorbed by the governme...

……Rolling back Covid-19….. MASERU-SOME nurse hired by the Ministry of Health to help fight Covid-19 late last year and early this year say they have not been paid. The government hired 136 nurses in September last year. Each was to supposed to earn a gross salary of M12 500, according to the government salary payment schedule. But six months later some of them are yet to receive their dues. “It is now March and we have not received even a cent,” said one of the nurses who requested anonymity. “We are trained nurses and we were hoping that the government would have processed our sa...

Disgruntled nurses threaten to join their Tšepong counterparts in new strike Share Limpho Sello THE Lesotho Nurses Association (LNA) has threatened that unless the government addresses their grievances within seven days, the rest of the nursing fraternity will join their Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial Hospital (QMMH) counterparts on a strike that could bring the entire health system to a virtual standstill. The nurses are aggrieved by what they say is the government’s alleged failure to offer nurses “support and protection” thus leaving them “vulnerable to the deadly Covid-19 virus”. L...

  Limpho Sello THE Lesotho Nursing Council (LNC) has condemned Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial Hospital (QMMH) nursing staff for embarking on what it says is an illegal strike. QMMH nurses and nursing assistants have been on strike since 1 February 2021 to press the government to award them salary increments to match their counterparts in other […]

Limpho Sello THE Lesotho Nurses Association (LNA) has criticised legislators for allegedly ignoring striking Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial Hospital (QMMH) nurses’ legitimate salary and welfare grievances. In a strongly worded weekend statement, LNA president, Raphael Tlali, accused MPs of majoring on minor issues when parliament resumed its sittings on 15 February 2021 after a lengthy Christmas […]