STRIKING nurses yesterday vowed to continue with their industrial action after government allegedly spurned their engagement efforts and ignored their call for decent salaries.
Zimbabwe Nurses Association (Zina) president Enock Dongo said government had not responded to letters from health workers seeking negotiations to end the week-long industrial action, amid reports that overworked doctors at public hospitals were also threatening to down tools.
Nurses declared a strike last Thursday, a day after government offered its restive workers a untaxed US$75 COVID-19 allowance and a 50% salary increase.
Dongo added: “The government does not care about Zimbabwe.
People are dying in hospitals, with some being returned home without treatment and the government is not taking any action which just shows that they do not care about the health and well-being of the nation.
