Nurses unsettled as fight against COVID-19 heats up

Health and Wellness minister, Dr Lemogang Kwape PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES
Health and Wellness minister, Dr Lemogang Kwape PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES

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Sources within the nursing sector told this publication many of them are home instead of at work as the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Botswana (NMCB) is reluctant to issue them practising licenses despite the plea from ministry officials and union leaders. 

According to Botswana Nurses Union’s (BONU) vice president, Vusi Phela, nurses renewed licences late due to a change in the system that brought about confusion within the profession.

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