{"id":27511,"date":"2020-09-09T19:57:08","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T17:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=27511"},"modified":"2020-09-09T19:57:08","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T17:57:08","slug":"nurses-shrug-off-chiwenga-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/nurses-shrug-off-chiwenga-criticism","title":{"rendered":"Nurses Shrug Off Chiwenga Criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Zimbabwe Professional Nurses Union (ZPNU) on Tuesday reacted angrily to Vice President Constantino Chiwenga\u2019s claim that they were using patients as hostages to fight for better salaries.<\/p>\n<p>Chiwenga, who was appointed the new health minister recently, declared that the days of strikes in the health sector are over, saying salaries for health workers had been reviewed.<\/p>\n<p>ZPNU secretary-general Douglas Chikobvu said all that they need is a decent wage to ensure that they can provide decent healthcare to citizens. Said Chikobvu:<\/p>\n<p>Nurses are not in any way using patients as pawns but simply calling for a decent wage that can capacitate them to deliver high-class healthcare to the general citizenry.<\/p>\n<p>Nurses are bio-psychosocial beings who can be affected negatively or positively by socioeconomic factors.<\/p>\n<p>We as nurses are calling on the government to address our plight to cushion us so that we can afford basic needs.<\/p>\n<p>Chikobvu bemoaned the paltry salaries earned by nurses which he said they are insufficient for a decent living.<\/p>\n<p>He implored Chiwenga to appreciate nurses\u2019 concerns and address their plight urgently.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Zimbabwe Professional Nurses Union (ZPNU) on Tuesday reacted angrily to Vice President Constantino Chiwenga\u2019s claim that they were using patients as hostages to fight for better salaries. 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