Wed, 14 Dec 2016 10:45:24 +0000 RESIDENT Doctors at the University Teaching Hospital have started a 10 days sit-in protest against alleged Government’s failure to pay settling in allowances and salary arrears and discrepancies in salary scales between Junior and Senior medicate officers under the Ministry of Health. UTH Resident Doctors Association of Zambia (RDAZ) president Oliver Kaoma said following a meeting held on Monday December 12, 2016, members of the association had resolved to down tools until Government responded to their demands. Dr Kaoma said RDAZ members had complained about the deplorable state of the doctors call rooms and ablution blocks at the health institution and have given the Ministry of Health a 10 days ultimatum to attend to their grievances after which another meeting would be called to review the outcome and decide the way forward. Among the demands included unpaid settling in allowances and salary arrears, incomplete/and or none-payment of student stipends, […]
