Issuing a letter, the ministry has directed to implement the agreement reached on Kartik 15.
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The Ministry of Health and Population has directed to provide minimum wages to health workers.
The ministry has directed private medical and dental colleges and hospitals to provide minimum wages and other services to health workers, including nurses.
The Policy, Planning and Monitoring Division under the ministry has issued a letter to the Association for Private Health Institutions of Nepal-AFIN and Nepal Medical and Dental College Association, urging them to implement the agreement reached on Kartik 15. The ministry has said that although the service facilities and minimum wages should be provided as per the agreement, some institutions have not implemented it, the ministry has said that it has given such instructions after receiving complaints that some institutions have not implemented it.
According to the agreement, private medical colleges will pay at least the fifth level starting salary scale of the Government of Nepal to nurses and health workers working in their teaching hospitals, starting from the current Kartik 34,730, and other private and community hospitals and dental colleges will provide 80 percent of the current salary of 34,730. The ministry has stated that if it is found that wages are not paid as per the agreement, necessary action will be taken. The ministry has also urged the concerned bodies to monitor and ensure the implementation of the agreement.
