'We lack nurses'
COVID is exacerbating systemic failures in medical institutions.
|2021.09.13
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As the public health crisis began to unfold, attention turned again to the work of overwhelmed health workers, for whom summer had not been a rest time anyway.
"In the last two weeks of August, a nurse took care of 25 to 30 patients, making it impossible to provide quality services,"
Naser Rrustemi, President of the Chamber of Nurses"Last year, during the pandemic, three anesthesiologists left the QKUK. That created an immediate crisis. With only three doctors, what if others run away too? The whole system would be blocked."
Pleurat Sejdiu, President of the Chamber of Physicians"From now on we start with protests and continue with the strike, but we will wait until the reduction of cases of infections in the country."
Përparim Berisha, president of the Nurses’ UnionThe Federation of Health Trade Unions had given the government until September 13 to address their demands.
Lirika Demiri
Lirika Demiri is a former journalist at K2.0. She holds a BA in sociology from the University of Prishtina and an MA in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies from The Ohio State University, U.S.
This story was originally written in Albanian.