WEBVTT 00:02.794 --> 00:05.463 The situation for nurses in Zimbabwe 00:05.964 --> 00:07.799 is currently not great. 00:10.427 --> 00:11.553 Hundreds of people... 00:11.553 --> 00:13.638 Masks and gloves and hand sanitizers 00:13.638 --> 00:14.931 are in short supply. 00:14.931 --> 00:16.766 And his biggest challenge now, 00:16.766 --> 00:18.768 is fixing Zimbabwe's economy 00:18.768 --> 00:20.186 Soaring inflation, 00:25.608 --> 00:28.987 We are deeply concerned about the impact, 00:29.195 --> 00:31.614 that Covid-19 would have in Zimbabwe. 02:44.914 --> 02:48.585 I can't even handle the stress that I'm getting in theatre. 02:48.585 --> 02:50.879 Are you getting enough PPE? 02:50.879 --> 02:53.089 Ah ha, PPE my dear, 02:53.089 --> 02:55.925 Did you receive a call from source department? 02:55.925 --> 02:57.802 No, not yet, I was busy. 02:57.802 --> 03:00.513 They said from tomorrow we're getting cloth-face masks. 03:00.513 --> 03:04.267 What? Yes, it has started. 03:04.267 --> 03:07.729 That's not practical! Yes, with this second wave 03:07.729 --> 03:10.523 There's a sister who tested positive yesterday. 03:10.523 --> 03:11.441 Really?? 03:23.786 --> 03:25.163 My colleagues and I, 03:25.455 --> 03:26.456 have had enough. 03:26.915 --> 03:30.543 I went to ask the hospital management if they could help us, 03:31.252 --> 03:32.378 but they said no. 03:33.963 --> 03:35.757 So I went to speak to Zina, 03:35.757 --> 03:37.675 the local trade union office. 03:40.386 --> 03:42.430 Year in year out of fighting, 03:42.430 --> 03:44.891 with the government to give us a living wage. 03:44.891 --> 03:48.770 And we don't see government prioritizing the health delivery system 03:48.770 --> 03:52.148 Or prioritizing the frontline health workers who are the nurses. 03:52.315 --> 03:54.025 In terms of their renumeration, 03:54.025 --> 03:55.735 in terms of the resources, 03:55.735 --> 03:58.488 in terms of making sure the environment is safe 04:30.269 --> 04:32.355 I am protesting because, 04:32.355 --> 04:35.566 our story as nurses is being distorted by individuals 04:35.566 --> 04:37.944 who want to gain political mileage. 04:37.944 --> 04:39.862 We demand proper PPE. 04:39.862 --> 04:42.699 Drugs to be availed at the hospitals. 04:42.699 --> 04:44.993 We demand a proper health service 04:44.993 --> 04:47.704 which supports the wellness of an individual. 04:57.880 --> 05:00.133 Doctors in Zimbabwe continue to strike. 05:00.133 --> 05:02.135 Holding placards that read, 05:02.218 --> 05:04.262 No US dollar, no work. 05:04.262 --> 05:07.181 Nurses say they cannot survive on a monthly salary. 05:07.390 --> 05:11.519 Doctors in Zimbabwe continue to strike. 05:11.936 --> 05:13.980 I have always wanted to be a nurse. 05:13.980 --> 05:16.983 I can't even afford to have a decent meal. 05:19.068 --> 05:22.697 I have colleagues who are working three jobs just to stay alive. 05:22.697 --> 05:26.492 We are protesting because we want to be able to do our job. 05:26.492 --> 05:29.495 My desire is for the government to hear our plea 05:30.413 --> 05:33.624 ...and pay us a living wage. 05:33.624 --> 05:40.923 Hear our cry, hear our cry, hear our cry! 05:43.051 --> 05:46.679 Zimbabwean police arrested 12 nurses on Monday 05:46.679 --> 05:49.682 as they protested over pay, their union said. 05:49.682 --> 05:51.642 In other countries right now as we speak, 05:51.642 --> 05:54.145 all of the citizens are celebrating their heroes, 05:54.145 --> 05:55.313 who are health workers. 05:55.313 --> 05:56.898 But in Zimbabwe we are seeing 05:56.898 --> 06:00.026 the health workers, who are the frontliners, being arrested. 06:03.488 --> 06:06.491 The hospital management called the police, 06:06.491 --> 06:08.242 and apprehended 11 of us, 06:08.242 --> 06:09.619 and threw us in a cell. 06:13.289 --> 06:16.084 I kept asking over and over... 06:16.084 --> 06:17.460 Why? 06:18.336 --> 06:20.421 Why did they arrest me? 06:21.380 --> 06:24.092 Why won't the government give us our due? 06:24.592 --> 06:29.097 Why are we health workers paying the price for this pandemic? 06:44.195 --> 06:48.866 Nurses in Zimbabwe's public hospitals won a major victory last week. 07:13.224 --> 07:14.851 Mama! 07:32.243 --> 07:37.081 Our work in Zimbabwe alongside the trade union goes on. 07:37.081 --> 07:39.125 We are stronger together. 07:40.001 --> 07:42.044 And the fight goes on.