Nurses might become victims of the trade unions\’ protest

According to daily SME from 28/10/2011 nurses are likely to become involuntary victims of the war between the Ministry of Health and medical trade unions. One of the scenarios, how to deal with the shortage of doctors, is the merging of hospital departments. In this case beside resigned doctors also nurses will have to leave. According to the president of the Slovak chamber of nurses and midwives, patients and nurses are always hostages of the system. She also declares, that doctors should have, as well as sisters, first negotiate with the Ministry of Health.