Frontline covid health workers in Ethiopia. Photo: WHO/ArchiveAddis Abeba – About 340 health professionals have sent a letter of complaint to the Prime Minister’s Office arguing that the ministry of health dismissed them after three years’ service on contract bases. The health workers say despite their frequent request, they were unable to get any solution from the ministry of health. Ayele Teshome (PhD), State Minister of ministry of health, said that the civil service has allowed the health professionals to be permanent in line with the capacity of the health facility where they work, and more than 5,000 health professionals have been made permanent. He said that there are no rights violations in terminating the contracts of these health workers but if they [the health workers] think that the health institutions have made mistakes, while handling employment contracts, they can legally ask the institutions.

Source: Ethiopian News December 26, 2022 15:35 UTC