Picket to be held at Soweto hospital for 'unprotected' workers, unifying health system

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A host of unions will not only be demanding personal protective equipment for all frontline health workers, but that community healthcare workers be permanently employed by the state.

Symbolic protests will be held outside the Chris Hani-Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto and other clinics on Friday in support of millions of workers in South Africa who don’t have personal protective equipment, while highlighting other health services' demands.

They will not only be demanding personal protective equipment for all frontline health workers, but that community healthcare workers be permanently employed by the state. In the joint campaign on personal protective equipment, they will be highlighting slogans such as "You Can’t Mask the Grave Health Hazards We Face!"; "Personal Protective Equipment It’s a fundamental Workers and Human Right!"; "We demand PPE for the Safety of all Health and Care Workers and the Safety of the Communities they serve!"; and "May Day, May Day, May Day: SOS Save Our Service.

 

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