The full staff of the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH) returned to work yesterday and gave regional authorities until the end of the month to address their concerns or face a strike.
Nurses and other hospital staff had staged a sit-in on Monday, leaving a skeleton staff, in order to press for the overhaul of the current security system, the pay out of uniform allowance and the hiring of adequate staff.
“Just last night, one of the nurses was robbed outside of the compound.