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Health workers say they're struggling to safely provide care for patients

Nurses protest at Sydney's Westmead Hospital (SBS)

시드니 간호사들, 그들은 왜 파업을 이어가는 걸까? Source: SBS

Nurses at two western Sydney hospitals have walked out over staff shortages this week. This is just the latest in a plea from health workers across the country, who say they're under immense pressure to safely provide care for patients.


Nurses make an urgent cry for help, as they protest a lack of safe nurse-to-patient ratios at emergency departments, at Blacktown hospital in Sydney's west.

Staff are resigning daily, according to Blacktown nurses, a sentiment echoed at Westmead hospital in Sydney's west where staff also walked out in protest this morning.

They say the pressure of confronting ratios of one nurse to 40 patient on some nights is well exceeding the one-to-three patient ratio required to safely do their job.



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