Nurses, doctors not going to work until salaries is in the bank

Nurses and doctors have said they will not be going to work as per government directive until they have received their salaries.

The Zimbabwe Nurses Association secretary general Enock Dongo said while the latest development was welcome, the fact that their members did not have money to go to work remained.

He said only after health workers have accessed their salaries would they be able to return to work.

"We do not have money to go to work but the latest development is welcome and we hope that as soon as our members access their salaries, they will be able to resume normal services," said Dondo.

The Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association president Fortune Nyamande echoed Dongo's sentiments adding that health workers need a schedule of their pay dates.

"It is now difficult to plan without a schedule on which dates you get your salaries. We are therefore appealing to Government to furnish us with our pay date schedule up to December," he said.

Some doctors downed tools last week citing bus fare challenges to get them to work while nurses and other professionals in the health sector joined in on Tuesday.