Instead, I would like the Finance Ministry, Public Service Department and Health Ministry to explain why there are so many graduate nurses working in KFC outlets and other places when they are really needed in our overcrowded public hospitals. Why are there more than 60 people in a ward meant for 24, and staffed by nurses meant to look after 24 patients? The health of both the nurses and their patients is not being taken into consideration. I constantly hear remarks about nurses being the backbone of the Health Ministry, but are they being given any appreciation? The writer should not blame the poor nurses but the current system and also try to understand what the nurses have to undergo.

Source: The Star May 30, 2019 00:33 UTC