BY: Loop Lifestyle 16:15, May 8, 2021 216 reads
Nurses of the Port Moresby General Hospital formally apologised to the Secretary for Health through the PNG Nurses Union, for threatening to hold a sit in protest.
A letter dated 03
rd May was addressed to the Health Secretary, Dr. Osborne Liko, from the General Secretary of the PNG Nurses Association, Gibson Siune.
The letter stated:
“I hereby admit that the subject matter in the PMGH Nurses Petition is wrong, should be corrected and addressed as Overtime Allowance for the COVID-19 lockdown period…sincerely apologise for any inconveniences caused”.
The letter was written following the Health Secretary’s response letter to nurses, clarifying that risk allowances will not be paid as per Circular Instruction No. 12 of 2021, from the Secretary of the Department of Personnel Management.