For years, even before the pandemic had hit, our nurses have always been there for each and every patient.
They took on an insane amount of workload because of staff shortages and with wages not matching their input.
It goes without saying that nurses around the world are also experiencing this, but to have this situation in Fiji as well.
Will we only listen when every single nurse has fled the country for better treatment?
Granted, every person has the right to work with minimum wage and that is what our nurses have.
But they clearly deserve more for carrying the weight of the people’s health and wellbeing on their backs.
I was greatly disappointed once finding out that their initiative to hold a strike was cancelled because this would have had a bigger impact on the people and to the ministry.
It is understandable that the country cannot afford to withhold health services to entertain such a movement, but this just shows the importance of nurses and how greatly they can affect our country if they continue to be deprived of what they deserve. Appreciate nurses!
Source: Sokoag’aitu Fonmanu
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