Healthcare shortages: African hospitals suffer as nurses leave for more pay in UK
BUKOLA ADEBAYO, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how poor pay is driving Nigerian and Zimbabwean nurses to work in UK, leaving their own health systems on the brink…
“What a tragic day”: British nurses strike in bitter pay dispute
London/Belfast Reuters National Health Service nurses in Britain staged a strike on Thursday, their first ever national walkout, as a bitter dispute with the government over pay ramps up pressure on already-stretched hospitals at one of the busiest times of year. An estimated 100,000 nurses are striking at 76 hospitals and health centres, cancelling an […]
Rich countries’ access to foreign nurses during Omicron raises ethical concerns – group
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The Omicron-fuelled wave of COVID-19 infections has led wealthy countries to intensify their recruitment of nurses from poorer parts of the world, worsening dire staffing shortages in overstretched workforces there, the International Council of Nurses said. Sickness, burnout and staff departures amid surging Omicron cases have driven absentee rates to levels not yet […]
Essay: Nurses on the front lines – a history of heroism from Florence Nightingale to coronavirus
In an article to mark International Nurses Day, LESLIE NEAL-BOYLAN, dean of the Solomont School of Nursing at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, pays – in an article first published on The Conversation – tribute to nursing “heroes”…
Young doctors brave overwhelming coronavirus crisis
Reuters For young doctors like 26-year-old Christian Vigil, battling on the frontline against the new coronavirus is a journey back in time to an era they can scarcely imagine. “We feel like doctors a century ago when we didn’t have antibiotics,” said Vigil, who works in intensive care at Madrid’s overloaded October 12 Hospital. Christian […]
Nurses must be protected from abuse during coronavirus pandemic – WHO, nursing groups
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters Authorities must protect nurses and other health workers from harassment and attacks compounding the already heavy toll they are paying in the pandemic, the World Health Organization and top nursing officials said on Tuesday. Some 100 medical workers are reported to have died from the disease so far, including many nurses, Howard Catton, […]
CHAPLAINCY: US HOSPITAL CHAPLAINS STICK TO THE HEART OF THE JOB AMID HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY CHALLENGES
AMANDA ABRAMS, writing for Religion News Service, reports on the work of hospital chaplains in the US…
Wanted: 11 million professionals to save Africa from “disaster”
Thomson Reuters Foundation Africa needs 11 million more doctors, nurses and teachers by 2030 to prevent a “social and economic disaster” that could propel millions to migrate, the United Nations said on Thursday. It said the 11 million were needed to help the continent cope with a booming population, with the number of children set […]