Enough is sufficient. So say nurses throughout Gauteng who will take to the streets throughout the province in protest of their present working circumstances on Wednesday.
Some of their grievances embody exploiting group service nurses, non-payment of salaries, workers shortages, and retrenching of newly-qualified nurses.
Led by the Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA), fed-up nurses will hand over a memorandum as a matter of urgency to the workplace of the Gauteng Premier, Treasury, and the Gauteng Department of Health.
Nurses battling many fronts
According to DENOSA’s Tshwane Regional Secretary, Mogomotsi Seleke, nobody appears to care in regards to the battles nurses in Gauteng face.
“There are a whole lot of points which are on the desk as we communicate. Community service nurses is not going to be absorbed into the system or employed by the division, which has been the norm through the years. Once you’ve accomplished your group service, the division gives you employment,” mentioned Sekele.
She additionally confirmed that the province at the moment faces a dire scarcity of nursing personnel. Sekele warned if left unaddressed, the scenario would worsen to the extent that nurses can’t cope.
“Just think about what is going to occur in the event that they chase all these away who’re about to full their group service,” mentioned Seleke.
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‘Used and discarded’
Sechaba Sengane is shut to finishing his group service work at Silverton Clinic in Pretoria. He obtained a nursing diploma at Chris Hani Baragwanath Nursing College. But he has simply been knowledgeable he is not going to be employed.
“I’m appalled and really feel used and discarded. I labored as an important employee braving the COVID-19 pandemic that ravaged our nation. But now I now not matter, regardless of the nation and province dealing with an enormous scarcity of healthcare personnel,” he added.
With his future in the steadiness, Sengane mentioned he regrets pursuing nursing as a profession.
“I really feel discouraged and remorse being a part of the nursing fraternity. Community nurses face a whole lot of abuse however should present up at work with out being paid. And on prime of that, they refuse to soak up us. It is a really irritating scenario,” mentioned Sengane.
Running on empty
Seleke additionally talked about the scarcity of water in some clinics, in addition to the load shedding scenario.
“There are clinics working with out back-up in electrical energy, and nurses have to assist ship infants in these circumstances. These are simply a few of the points; most of them are very primary,” she added.
Head of Communications on the Gauteng Provincial Department of Health, Motalatale Modiba, mentioned that they had famous the considerations. He promised that his division would proceed to work with stakeholders to handle the recognized challenges.
“The division needs to reassure the general public and its staff that it stays dedicated to guaranteeing that the well being system is capacitated with the required human assets to proceed rendering much-needed well being companies to communities,” mentioned Modiba. He mentioned the division had resolved the matter of unpaid group service nurses.
Off-duty nurses solely
Seleke additional pleaded with nurses that solely these not on obligation ought to take to the streets.
“Remember, now we have a regulation which bides us as nurses that we’re important service employees so that each one healthcare amenities will run correctly on Wednesday. However, we’re calling all off-duty nurses to come and be a part of us through the protest,” she acknowledged. – Health-e News
https://health-e.org.za/2022/07/19/disgruntled-nurses-to-hit-gauteng-streets-in-protest/
