Nurses in Zambia have been on strike for more than three weeks in a dispute over pay and allowances. Unions have urged them to return to work because it is reported that the Government won’t negotiate until they do. They are reportedly demanding at 25% increase in pay.

The public outcry in the region began when a woman gave birth in the car park of the Lusaka Hospital, and moments later the baby died.

So this begs the quesiton – when has it gone too far? Are conditions in Zambia so bad that without this 25% pay increase the nurses are unable to feed themselves or their families? Or is the 15% increase that the Government has offered acceptable in light of the lack of care patients are receiving?

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