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Nurses in various cities across Iran have launched campaigns protesting against mandatory overtime work, as reported by ILNA news agency on April 20<\/a>. Among these protests is a complaint filed by some nurses in Mashhad to the Court of Justice regarding compulsory overtime work.<\/p>\n Additionally, approximately 200 nurses at Shahid Rajaee Hospital in Shiraz protested against “excessive shifts and meager compensation for mandatory overtime,” expressing their demand to end compulsory overtime work.<\/p>\n According to ILNA, protesting nurses argue that they are no longer willing to endure mandatory overtime that amounts to “exploitation.” The compensation for mandatory overtime for nurses is reported to be “very insignificant, ranging between 16,000 to 20,000 tomans per hour.”<\/p>\n At present market rates<\/a>, 20,000 tomans amount to 31 cents.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n In this context, a member of the Health and Treatment Commission of the regime’s parliament, referring to the anticipated departure of nurses and medical staff as “one of the serious challenges facing the healthcare sector in the future,” stated, “Our number of nurses is insufficient, and the step the parliament took to address nurses’ satisfaction was tariffing nursing services. However, this tariffing has not only been inadequately implemented but also has been delayed.”<\/p>\n April 13\u2014Ahvaz, southwest #Iran<\/a> — People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) April 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Nurses of Golestan hospital rally in front of the offices of the health ministry, protesting forced overtime work, unpaid wages, and changes to tariff laws.#IranProtests<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/hRcsd6HpZ3<\/a><\/p>\n