Nurses working for Mahdiyeh Hospital at Tehran’s Melli University held a protest in the premises of this hospital, on Monday, December 25, 2023, to protest poor wages, the lack of implementation of tariff laws, and forced over-time work with low fees.
Overtime work for nurses who work 12 to 16 hours a day is something like forced labor, they say. The protesting nurses at Mahdiyeh Hospital called for fair compensation and better working conditions.
While there is a shortage of nurses in hospitals across the country, Mohammad Mirzabeigi, the head of the Nurses Organization said some 10,000 of the country’s best nurses had left and migrated to other countries.
Another official, Mohammad Sharifi Moghaddam, the general director of the House of Nurses told ISNA news agency on November 12, 2023, that some 3,000 nurses migrate to other countries every year. Presently, some patients lose their lives due to shortage of nurses.
Nurses and healthcare workers face disastrous working conditions in Tehran and other cities.
