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Kathmandu. Minister for Health and Population Pradeep Poudel has said that the professional rights and interests of the nursing profession will be included in the Health Services Act.
Informing that a draft of the Health Services Act is being prepared at the 63rd anniversary and general assembly of the Nepal Nursing Association, he said, ‘The draft of the act is being prepared. We will also include issues for the rights and interests of nursing. We will probably pass it in this ‘session’.’
Minister Poudel said that facilities will be increased to prevent nursing manpower from fleeing, providing opportunities to work in a safe environment, encouraging and rewarding those who do good work, and creating an environment where they focus on personality development.
He said that it should be done based on promotion methods and not on personal access. Minister Poudel said, ‘The skilled manpower specified by the Labor Act cannot be given below 22 thousand. If you report this, we will terminate the relationship with the hospital based on evidence. Many are afraid to report. We have to fight for our rights ourselves.’
Nursing Association President Chandrakala Sharma said that nurses are working in terrible conditions and the government should pay attention to this. She said, “There is a shortage of nurses worldwide. Technical human resources like nurses are being made to work on daily wages. Salary, allowances, and service facilities are low. There should be monitoring to see whether they are getting the salary as per the government’s instructions.”
Former President of the Nursing Association Tara Pokharel opined that the government should create an environment for nurses to live in the country. She said, “While more than 120,000 nurses have obtained licenses across the country, there is doubt whether there are even 50,000 nurses because there is no working environment in Nepal. Who will work if they work on daily wages? Nurses are migrating.” If everyone has fled, is the country trying to import nurses? Nurses should not flee.”
Anil Bikram Karki, President of the Nepal Medical Association, said that doctors will always be incomplete without nurses. He said that the need for health workers, including nurses and doctors, is not understood.
He said, ‘Our political leadership does not want to understand the health workforce. The health sector is lagging behind because health workforce is not prioritized.’
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