Comments on: Industrial action against the dying

By: Religio et Patria

Religio et Patria — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:42:04 +0000

@ Dr. ABC: Maybe – just maybe – the nurses must have felt ashamed of the directive… But probably it’s just me dreaming…

By: Maria

Maria — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:20:34 +0000

“The unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual, sick or well, in the performance of those activities contributing to health or its recovery (or to peaceful death) that he would perform unaided if he had the necessary strength, will or knowledge. And to do this in such a way as to help him gain independence as rapidly as possible” this was said by Virginia Henderson in 1966.

It seems as if Paul pace (MUMN President) has given the cold shoulder to this definition of nursing. I am sure that most nurses who are members of this union are cringing by the mere fact tht they re paaying members. What must MUMN be thinking? Shame on you MUMN for making the profession of nurses stoop so low in the publics’ eye. Nurses have always complained that they are not looked and viewed favourably by the public………..well there is the proof…….this absurd, cruel, unprofesional directive.

The public demands an apology from MUMN. And I am surprised that the Honourable John Dalli has not as yet steamrolled the MUMN officials. If i were the Minister of Health i will suspend them.

By: Andrew Borg-Cardona

Andrew Borg-Cardona — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:47:40 +0000

does anyone have any idea how the story developed? it seems to have gone off the radar

By: Vince

Vince — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:34:35 +0000

So should a cancer patient be allowed to treat nurses like they owe him a favour? Or should he be thankful that these people are doing their best for him?

By: Anthony

Anthony — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:55:31 +0000

I must confess to a ginormous respect for nurses, their profession, their union, their patience and their everything else. The value of the role they play in society is inestimable. I accept that they usually get well paid for whatever they do, BUT, they have a tough job. I am sure no one will deny this. The more ill their client the tougher it gets. It cannot get much tougher than at Sir Paul Boffa’s. Ask Stephen Brincat. I appeal to the nurses’ Union from the bottom of my heart : withdraw this blessed directive guys (and dolls). In the vernacular ” zlaqtu fin-niexef” – let us blame the heatwave and forget all about it.

By: f. agius

f. agius — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:07:50 +0000

The ‘directive’ to nurses, had to be something like :-

“Nurses must treat this patient, only in the presence of
hospital superintendent or his deputy.”

By: Mario Debono

Mario Debono — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:19:39 +0000

This is simply unacceptable. A cancer patient is someone who has a fragile outlook on life, and chemotherapy does affect your judgment. Is it possible that nurses treating this patient didn’t make this allowance? Of course it’s not done. What have we now, nurses or bloody primadonnas ? And can its union in all conscience even tolerate this at all?