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COVID-19 Frontline Workers: Nurses share stories

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April 3, 2020
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With South Africa under lockdown aiming at slowing down the transmission of COVID-19, thousands of health workers are in the frontline. Nurses from various hospitals and clinics anonymously share their experiences with SABC News.

A nurse from a government clinic in Sebokeng, south of Gauteng, says she is afraid to work as they do not have protective gear.

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She says, “I am very afraid because we don’t have any masks, they promised us they will come but meanwhile we are working unprotected and the community still comes in numbers to the clinic.”

“The challenges are lack of protective gear and government hasn’t conducted training, we haven’t gone for training on how to deal with the coronavirus. The nurses are using public transport; they are struggling as government has not made arrangements for transporting healthcare workers. As you may have seen on the 1st of April police shot two nurses at the gate while waiting for transport.”

She adds that nurses should be compensated for working during the lockdown as they are working in the frontline fighting the virus.

It’s unfair

A nurse from a hospital in Welkom in the Free State says she afraid that she might contract the disease and infect her family.

However, she says. “You cannot abandon the patient. So you are caught between a rock and a hard place. It’s unfair we are expected to screen these patients. As health workers are we going to get an incentive should we contract COVID-19?”

“We didn’t get training on removing swabs from the patient’s nose. I’m afraid we might infect our families.”

“We have no PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) eg masks, protection, attire sanitizers. We are expected to do, as usual, not knowing whether a person is infected or not. Patient confidentiality versus one metre that is social distancing, they are impossible.”

COVID-19 will pass

Another nurse from the same city says she does not fear working under COVID-19 because Ebola came and passed, so the coronavirus will also pass.

She says her only challenge is that management has taken a decision to downsizing patients. “They are only taking emergency patients only. This will lead to people losing their lives.”

“I’m afraid you will turn a patient away that really needs help only for them to die when they get home.”

Meanwhile, another nurse who works in Klerksdorp, North West says the president made a correct decision by instituting a lockdown so that people can be away from the virus.

Her main fear like the other nurses is that they have no means of protecting themselves. “We are understaffed, no necessary equipment, like masks.”

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11 health workers

Over the weekend, the Department of Health released a statement stating they are concerned about a number of confirmed COVID-19 cases of health workers, including doctors and nurses in the private and public hospitals.

This comes as 11 medical doctors, a nurse, and a neurophysicist have tested positive for the virus.

“They are exposed, not only to their families but the patients who they are meant to treat. All these health workers are in good condition with most of them having mild or no symptoms. It is only one in the Free State, aged 7, who is in ICU. It must be emphasized that none of these health workers were infected by patients that they were treating. They came into contact with their family members, friends and other colleagues who had tested positive for COVID-19. All individuals who were identified as contacts to these health workers have been put in quarantine and are being monitored,” the statement from the department read.

Health Minister Dr. Zweli Mkhize thanked healthcare workers or their dedication.

“We salute them for their dedication to the service of the nation. We will do everything in our power to provide the support required for them to execute their duties.”

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