Wed, 24 May 2017 12:07:18 +0000 COMPLAINTS about the negative attitude and at times sheer negligence of duty against health personnel, particularly nurses working in public hospitals and clinics, are increasingly becoming the order of the day, and relevant authorities must take necessary action to curb the bad practice. Much as death is inevitable, some patients have died at the hands of nurses purely due to lack of the care at health personnel owe to them. The unfortunate death of a mother following delivery last weekend at Chilenje First Level Hospital exonerates the assertion that some nurses portray a heartless, uncaring and ‘I don’t care’ attitude towards patients. It is public knowledge that nurses, through their chosen profession make sacrifices day in and day out to help others who pass through their hands on account of ill health. Ideally, they should be held up as role models, kind-hearted and frontline health care providers to […]
