Ebola: Liberian Nurses Go On Strike Over Lack Of Equipment

Nurses in Liberia's largest hospital are said
to have gone on strike to demand better pay
and protective equipment

Liberia's already stretched health care
system has been placed under more
pressure as some nurses are said to have
gone on strike.
The nurses, who work at the John F Kennedy
hospital in Monrovia, Liberia's capital, have
embarked on the industrial action to demand
protective equipment and better pay.
A spokesperson for the health workers, John
Tugbeh said:
"From the beginning of the Ebola outbreak we
have not had any protective equipment to work
with. As result, so many doctors got infected by
the virus. We have to stay home until we get the
PPEs,"
"We need proper equipment to work with [and]
we need better pay because we are going to risk
our lives."
Liberia has been one of the worst hit by the
disease which has spread across 6 countries in
West Africa.
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