KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 — Health Minister Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad, has expressed his commitment to resolving the issues faced by nurses in the country, particularly concerning their salaries and welfare. He emphasised that nurses play a vital role in ensuring the healthcare system runs smoothly for everyone and expressed his deep understanding of the … Read more
HONG KONG: Yee, a nurse on the frontline of Hong Kong’s fight against Covid-19, recently became one of the patients her hospital had to turn away, after isolation wards, and later corridors, became overpacked with people on gurneys. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
SYDNEY: Thousands of nurses walked off the job in Australia's largest city Sydney on Tuesday, protesting against staff shortages and pandemic-related stresses and strains. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
MANILA: Exhausted nurses in the Philippines are struggling to care for patients as colleagues contract Covid-19 or quit a profession that was dangerously understaffed even before the pandemic. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
THE PHILIPPINES is running short of nurses and other medical personnel to man hospitals and health facilities attending to Covid-19 patients, warned Labour Secretary, Silvestre Bello 3rd. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
AHMEDABAD: At least 16 Covid-19 patients and two nurses died Saturday in the latest in a series of hospital fires in India, officials said, as the country’s health care system buckles under a surge in cases. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
THE Filipino Nurses Union (FNU) recently called on the government to afford better protection to nurses battling the Covid-19 pandemic. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
