[Wuhan Pneumonia] Nursing Association initiates industrial action to promote withdrawal

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Written by: Chen Shuxia

2020-02-12 22:25

The pneumonia epidemic in Wuhan is raging and there is a shortage of front-line medical protective equipment. The Hong Kong Nurses Association, which has more than 30,000 members, is brewing industrial actions. The Hong Kong Federation of Nurses ’Union issued an urgent appeal tonight (12th), demanding that the other party immediately" cliff the horse "and withdraw the industrial operation. It is believed that the relevant actions will only add annoyance to the current important epidemic prevention point and will not be conducive to subsequent epidemic prevention in Hong Kong.

The Nurses Association held an emergency membership meeting yesterday (11th). Chairman Li Guolin (third from left) stated that the "Protect You" industrial action was held. (Photo / Photo by Liang Huanmin)

The Hong Kong Federation of Nurses ’Union issued a statement stating that it supports the reasonable requirements for improving the protective equipment of frontline medical staff. It also said that it had submitted to the Hospital Authority ten major claims a week ago, including surgical masks, N95 masks, eye masks, full-face masks, protective clothing, Disinfection of alcohol and work clothes should be left to front-line colleagues. It is also recommended to provide easy-to-wash work clothes instead of daily uniforms for employees in workplaces such as low-risk wards. However, the trade union also stated that protective equipment should be used if necessary, but it must also be used with care and discarded, and abused and over-protected. It might hurt yourself and others. "

The trade union also criticized that the action of the Association of Nursing was in the name of "protecting" medical staff and citizens. In fact, objectively, it would only add annoyance to the current critical point of epidemic prevention, and increase the burden on middle managers. The deployment and action of social epidemic prevention then made an urgent appeal, asking the Association for the Prevention of Epidemic Prevention in Hong Kong to immediately take the lead and withdraw the decision.

The union stated clearly that no seized HA had any relevant guidelines, met the requirements of the Association of Nursing, and questioned that its industrial actions did not comply with the scope of the Trade Unions Regulations.

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