FULL TEXT: Nurses Petition Government To Provide Them Protective Clothes
Zimbabwe Professional Nurses Union (ZPNU) has petitioned the government to provide its members with a number of things to cushion them from the effects of the novel coronavirus.
Among the things they are demanding, the nurses want the government to provide them with protective clothes, cushioning allowance, ventilators, drugs, and enough oxygen among others.
We present the petition below.
THE PETITION FOR RIGHT TO LIFE
HEALTH WORKERS ON THE VERGE OF EXTINCTION— PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT/CLOTHING IS CRITICAL TO PROTECT HEALTH WORKERS FROM COVID-19
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Robert Emmanuel Chiduku SignatureGoal: 20000
PETITION BY ZIMBABWE PROFESSIONAL NURSES UNION( ZPNU) 1775 MKOBA 6 GWERU CELL: |0714531304|Robert Chiduku— President |0773570862:| Douglas Chikobvu SG
TO
THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE CC: THE MINISTER OF HEALTH CC: THE PERMANENT SECRETARY OF HEALTH CC: THE PARLIAMENT OF ZIMBABWE CC: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
BACKGROUND
Zimbabwe has since reported it’s 2 cases of COVID 19 2 days ago, and chances of spread are very high due to cross border business, lack of adherence to interventions by some members of the public and lack of personal protective equipment or clothing. Coronavirus started spreading from Wuhan of China to other continents and the global pandemic has since killed thousands of people across the world. There are chances that if precautionary measures are not taken, the pandemic may claim a quarter or half of the world population, hence countries must scale up their interventions.
Introduction
This petition seeks to bring the issue of nurses and all health care workers to the attention of the Zimbabwean government, parliament, responsible authorities and the world health organization before health workers are wiped away by Covid 19 due to lack of Personal Protective Equipment and clothing. Therefore this petition seeks to bring the following issues to the government:
1. THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF NURSES AND ALL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS We are in dire need of protective equipment to help in the fight against this pandemic. We need N 95 respirators, we need gowns, googles, sanitizers among other resources. The government must know that health workers are essential services and our criticality should not be undermined especially around this time. Our safety comes as a priority, hence we don’t want to be tempted to abandon patients due to lack of PPE. 2. ISOLATION FACILITIES We kindly advise government to quickly identify isolation facilities, so that Corona cases don’t mingle with immuno-compromised patients. 3. EMERGENCY CUSHION ALLOWANCE BEFORE LOCKDOWN Before lockdown, we are demanding immediate cushion allowance for food. We need to boost our nutrition during this period as we are working in highly infectious environments, hence we need groceries before lockdown. 4. RESOURCES We need adequate resources to use such as ventilators, drugs, and enough oxygen among others. We don’t want to improvise as that may put us at risk around this time. We want to save every life, not to watch people dying due to lack of resources. Knowledge skills to fight COVID 19
This is a new condition, so we need to be educated on how best to deal with Covid 19 cases as they come. Hosea says” My people have been destroyed due to lack of knowledge” Give us knowledge and we shall be safe.
OUR FINAL MESSAGE NO SAFETY OF NURSES& ALL HEALTH CARE WORKERS, NO WORK AHOYI HEALTH WORKERS AHOYI
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