Morung Express News
Kohima| May 26
With four confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state, nurses are reportedly quitting their jobs in private hospitals as they were ‘feeling unsafe’ coupled with increased work pressure and family pressure to quit their jobs.
Of late there have been reports of those working in the health sector mulling to quit their jobs owing to lack of proper protective equipments in ill-equipped hospitals.
Four nurses from a private hospital in Kohima have reportedly tendered their resignations, while many are in queue to quit their jobs, following the news of COVID-19 positive cases in the state during the last two days.
Speaking to The Morung Express on condition of anonymity, a nurse who has tendered her resignation, cited the reasons for quitting her job saying that the “hospital is not well equipped and the frontline workers feel unsafe without proper protective equipments.”
“The hand sanitisers, masks and gloves we use are bought from our own pocket,” stated the nurse, while averring that someone from the hospital “might be doing side business even though the hospital authority is providing for the nurses.”
She stated that two of them have already left, while the other two are yet to leave although their resignations have been accepted by the hospital authority. Three other nurses are also reportedly in line to quit.
When asked if they would reconsider their resignation if provided with PPEs, the nurse said, “If it can really protect us from the virus then we may consider. But doctors and nurses with PPEs are getting infected and dying too.”
Another reason cited by the nurses was pressure from the home front— worried parents asking them to quit their jobs since they would be the first, who would come into contact with any patient.
This unfortunate turn of events comes at a time when there is scarcity of medical personnel in the state’s healthcare facilities and positive cases are being detected.
With more returnees in line for repatriation, the services of the medical personnel will be paramount. The resignations, if continued, could spell a bleak future for the state’s healthcare scenario.
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