Dominican Nurses now more than ever are speaking up against the unfairness they face in Dominica’s health care system. These concerns stem from lack of proper transportation arrangements, inadequate security, and low salaries. Social activist and educationist Arundell Thomas, has been keeping abreast with the issues surrounding Dominica’s nurses. He shared his professional views on the matter, saying it appears that the current government administration seems to favor foreign nurses compared to our local nurses, and this injustice needs to be rectified. He argues that the foreign nurses and doctor have all their basic amenities covered, such as electricity, water and others, inclusive of proper transportation and free housing all provided by the government, and our Dominican nurses struggle to get transportation to and from work, and especially when they work late night shifts, their salaries are minimum, and they have had several issues with security. He contends that it is unfair when taking into consideration that most of the local nurses still end up having to translate or serve as supervisors to these foreign nurses who hardly understand the local people and the language. Social Activist and Education Officer, Arundell Thomas
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