Nurses

Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital Sebastian Daily has been receiving complaints about how nurses are being treated at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital in Vero Beach. The allegations include pregnant nurses, and mothers of young children being forced to work COVID, nurses not receiving merit raises, and not having the proper personal protective equipment. Pregnant…

Hospital porters routinely come into contact with patients, but the government's guidelines put them at the back of the queue for Covid-19 protective gear.Porters comprise as much as 10% of hospital admissions among health workers. Security companies in Mpumalanga fail to provide masks for guards at facilities, forcing them to get masks from already stretched…

Nomzamo Mngupane has been a nurse for six years. She said there have been staff shortages since 2018 and it has got worse since the Covid-19 pandemic. (Ashraf Hendricks, GroundUp) Several nurses at False Bay Hospital have protested over personal protective equipment.They also claim their shifts run over 12 hours due to the Covid-19 pandemic.The…

Mike Schultz, who normally is in the gym nearly every day, says he lost 50 pounds and suffered reduced lung capacity. SAN FRANCISCO — A San Francisco nurse who spent nearly every day in the gym is showing his before-and-after photos to display how catching COVID-19 dramatically affected his body. Mike Schultz says he wants it…

Third Tygerberg Hospital nurse dies of Covid-19Kupelo claimed the dead nurse was infected by a family member from the Western Cape. He, however, described the reports of critical shortages of personal protective gear as allegations that do not hold water.National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) regional secretary Mlu Ncapayi confirmed the suspensions. "It's…