00:00Head of the Nursing Association, Edith Stewart, says the association's gift to the government
00:05as it marks its one-year anniversary is a total day of reflection
00:10as nurses continue to operate under long-standing concerns,
00:14including outdated salary arrangements and ongoing pressures within the system.
00:20He also points to the importance of proper nurse-to-patient ratios
00:24in line with PAHO and WHO guidelines.
00:27You come on duty, it is two registered nurses on duty, and you have 20 patients.
00:36No, no, no, you only see about your quota of six patients per nurse,
00:44so no more than 12 patients you are seeing about.
00:47They are all the additional patients.
00:50That additional aid patients inform your nursing supervisor,
00:54inform the CEO, inform the chairman that they need to send staff to see about those patients.
01:02He adds that health care workers have long been treated as an afterthought by successive administrations.
01:10Stewart says nursing and midwifery personnel have been the bastard child of successive governments
01:16and warns the association will not relent in its efforts for equality.
01:21Dr. Tingu P. Singh coming to the public and boasting how much money they saved,
01:28not telling the public you are saving $150 million because you're not hiring enough staff.
01:35We are not going to tolerate that anymore.
01:43He tells the Morning Edition that this is how the TTNNA is marking the government's anniversary.
01:50While the government is celebrating their one-year anniversary and all of that,
01:56we want you to reflect that you remain on 2013 salary.
02:01So when you get your salary and your pay slip, reflect on what you can do with these 2013 salaries.
02:10Reflect if the government is really understanding the pain and suffering you are going through,
02:18the inability to afford goods and services in 2026.
02:22Reflect on that.
02:24Nicole M. Romani, TV6 News.
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