Nurses at KPH dialysis unit resume work after taking industrial action

 

Nurses attached to the dialysis unit at Kingston Public Hospital, who took industrial action earlier on Thursday to protest against poor working conditions at the unit, have returned to work.

 

The nurses stopped working Thursday morning after the machine used to mix the bicarbonate of soda broke down.

 

It's reported that the nurses have been complaining about the malfunctioning machine since January.

 

The machine is important in mixing the acid used in the dialysis machine.

 

"That machine developed a mechanical problem some weeks ago. There was need for a part that had to be sourced. The part was sourced and came into the country late last week. Even as the nurses were experiencing their discomfort, the machine was fixed, the part was replaced and the nurses have been made aware and they're back now on the job and everything is okay," Regional Director of the South East Regional Health Authority Errol Greene told Radio Jamaica News. 

 

The industrial action resulted in delays in patients receiving dialysis treatment on Thursday morning.