14 Dec 2017

Assistant Minister of Health and Wellness, Mr Dikgang Makgalemele says specialist medical doctors are remunerated better than nurses with Masters Degrees as their training is structured, designed to develop skills, maturity and responsibility at specialist level.

Responding to a question in Parliament, he however said the ministry was currently undergoing organisational restructuring through which a comprehensive job analysis for cadres with speciality like nurses and allied health would be done accordingly.

Specialist medical doctors are remunerated at E2 after completing a four-year residency programme in their respective speciality area.

MP Buti Billy of Francistown East had asked if the minister was aware that specialist medical doctors are upon completion of their Masters Degree programmes, remunerated at E2 while nurse specialist are not remunerated at any higher scale. ENDS