'Instead of bolstering the pockets of private for-profit companies, we need to keep RNs and other health professionals working in our public system here' says Registers Nurses' Union NL president Yvette CoffeyYvette Coffey is the president of the Registered Nurses' Union of Newfoundland and Labrador — Contributed photoRegistered Nurses' Union Newfoundland and LabradorA health-care system in crisis is making it easy for governments to pave the way for privatization.
We are seeing this right here in Newfoundland and Labrador. In less than one year, the regional health authorities spent $8.8 million on private travel nurses. These travel nurses work side-by-side with registered nurses facing enormous pressure to care for patients in communities throughout our province. They get paid twice as much or more and have actual control over their life and schedule.
Newfoundlanders and Labradorians don’t want privatization. They don’t want to call 811 and be advised to see a family doctor they don’t have or visit an emergency room with no staff. They want better health care. Privatization won’t get us there. Instead of bolstering the pockets of private for-profit companies, we need to keep RNs and other health professionals working in our public system here in Newfoundland and Labrador.
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