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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Health workers at the Mubende Ebola treatment centre have given the government one week to sign their employment contracts and clear outstanding salary arrears or they will proceed with their planned strike.<\/p>\n

Last Wednesday, the health workers had resolved to strike, but they called it off and gave the government up to December 2 to address their concerns.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe held a meeting with officials from the Ministry of Health and agreed to give them time up to Friday next week to provide contracts and also pay salaries of health workers at the Ebola Treatment Centre,\u201d Dr Edward Mutyaba, one of the health workers, said at the weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they [government] fail to comply, our strike will resume immediately,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Dr Mutyaba said a total of 110 health workers have not been paid ever since they were transferred to Mubende.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe feed ourselves and also pay accommodation bills. Some of our colleagues are being chased by landlords from their places of residence,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Francis Machambala, their team leader, said the health workers on November 13 wrote to the commissioner in-charge of clinical service at the Ministry of Health about their grievances.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of the health workers have families that have entirely been dependent on them and yet with no contracts, it means not even an allowance is provided to them and if it was to be provided, it will cater for the bills,\u201d the letter reads in part.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe kindly ask for an urgent solution on the above stated matters and request for very clear terms of service,\u201d the letter adds.<\/p>\n

However, the Health minister, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, asked the medics to be patient, saying their grievances are being addressed.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir contracts have been prepared and they will be receiving them together with their money soon,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

According to the district Ebola task force, Mubende has registered 63 confirmed Ebola cases, 29 confirmed deaths and 19 probable deaths. The district has registered 32 cumulative recovery cases. It also lost six health workers.<\/p>\n

The government extended the lockdown in Mubende and Kassanda Districts by another 21 days as health experts continue to monitor the spread of the disease.<\/p>\n

Background<\/b><\/p>\n

Several health workers were called in as an emergency measure at the start of the Ebola outbreak two months ago. Uganda Medical Association Secretary General Herbert Luswata has urged the ministry to deal with the medical workers\u2019 pay, saying the strike will derail efforts to fight Ebola in the district.<\/p>\n

Dr Luswata said some health workers who were deployed by donors and other agencies such as the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) have been paid already. Others are not yet sure of who will pay them since the Ministry of Health had referred them to medical charity, Me\u0301decins Sans Frontie\u0300res (MSF) for allowances, however, MSF referred them back to the ministry.<\/p>\n

He urged the government to at least avail the health workers of their contacts such that they can be clear on payment and other provisions such as how they will be compensated in an event that they get infected or how their families will be compensated in case they die in the line of duty.<\/p>\n

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