Nurses 'heated' over scarce skills pay

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Having restored the scarce skills allowance this week, government might have to face the difficult task of convincing nurses that their services are not so important to the society. President of the Nurses Association of Botswana, Keabitsa Ramantela, confirmed yesterday that "nurses have a heated concern" over the presidential directive approving payment for scarce skills for some civil servants that excluded them.

She said that after receiving countless call from concerned nurses, she was forced to call an emergency meeting yesterday to review the contents of the directive and to explore proper channels to address the issue. 

"The nurses want officials to address this issue as a matter of urgency to avoid the explosive possibility of disaster," she cautioned. 

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