{"id":3969,"date":"2020-09-10T03:07:19","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T01:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/?post_type=article&p=3969"},"modified":"2020-09-10T03:07:19","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T01:07:19","slug":"ejja-nkomplu-nitrattataw-lill-frontliners-brispett","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/article\/ejja-nkomplu-nitrattataw-lill-frontliners-brispett\/","title":{"rendered":"Let us continue treating health frontliners with respect"},"content":{"rendered":"

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During<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>this<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>pandemic<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>many<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>healthcare<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>workers<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>are<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>being<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>pushed<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>their<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>limits<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>beyond<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>as<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>they<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>selflessly<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>care<\/span>\u00a0for\u00a0<\/span>patients<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Since<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>cases<\/span>\u00a0of COVID-19\u00a0<\/span>have<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>increased<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>constantly<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>hospital<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>workers<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>are<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>consequently<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>dealing<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>with<\/span>\u00a0a\u00a0<\/span>huge<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>influx<\/span>\u00a0of\u00a0<\/span>patients<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>The<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>demand<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>for<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>s<\/span>wabbing<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>at<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>testing<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>centres<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>has<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>increased<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>leaving<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>frontliners<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in<\/span>\u00a0a\u00a0<\/span>terrible<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>state<\/span>\u00a0of\u00a0<\/span>exhaustion<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Some<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>workers<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>manning<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>these<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>testing<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>centres<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>who<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>even<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>spoke<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>t<\/span>he\u00a0media<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>stated<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>that<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>they<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>are<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>understaffed<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>unmotivated<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>were<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>not<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>paid<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>for<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>overtime<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>work<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>add<\/span>\u00a0insult\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>injury<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>frontliners<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>were<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>recently<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>told<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>hurry<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>up<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>by<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>people<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>waiting<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>line<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>get<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>tested<\/span>!\u00a0<\/span>This<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>is<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>empathy<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>that<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>they<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>get<\/span>!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Voice<\/span>\u00a0of\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Workers<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>is<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>aware<\/span>\u00a0of\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>huge<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>workload<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>that<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>is<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>being<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>carried<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>out<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>by<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>hospital<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>workers<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>Hence<\/span>, t<\/span>he public\u00a0<\/span>must<\/span>\u00a0cooperate\u00a0<\/span>especially\u00a0<\/span>with all\u00a0<\/span>frontliners<\/span>\u00a0in efforts to curb the spread of Covid-19, and not to provoke or challenge them in any manner.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Let us not deliberately challenge the patience of the frontline staff.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>is<\/span>\u00a0the shared responsibility of every citizen along with the government to lend support to the health workers providing<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>sterling<\/span>\u00a0service from frontline\u00a0<\/span>during<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>this<\/span>\u00a0critical time of COVID-19.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>G<\/span>overnment<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>relevant<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>stakeholders should understand that it\u00a0<\/span>is<\/span>\u00a0impossible to win the battle against coronavirus without cooperation from health workers and\u00a0<\/span>other<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>frontline<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>personnel.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Moreover<\/span>, e<\/span>ssential<\/span>\u00a0workers are the ones on the front lines every day carrying us through this crisis, and we must ensure their efforts and sacrifice<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0are appropriately recognized<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>We<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>all<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>should<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>continue<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>do<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>our<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>part<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>take<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>necessary<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>precautions<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>including<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>routine<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>hygiene<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>social<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>distancing<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>suppress<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0virus.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>thing<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>is<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>absolutely<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>sure<\/span>:\u00a0<\/span>t<\/span>he<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>pandemic<\/span>\u00a0is not over yet<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>Nevertheless<\/span>, d<\/span>octors<\/span>, nurses and healthcare workers\u00a0<\/span>truly<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>have become\u00a0<\/span>our<\/span>\u00a0heroes of th<\/span>is<\/span>\u00a0pandemic<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>However<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0winning applause\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>praise<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>is<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>not<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>enough<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>As<\/span>\u00a0long as these workers\u00a0<\/span>and others in the frontline\u00a0<\/span>continue to work and expose themselves to the virus, they should be properly compensated.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  During\u00a0this\u00a0pandemic,\u00a0many\u00a0healthcare\u00a0workers\u00a0are\u00a0being\u00a0\u00a0pushed\u00a0to\u00a0their\u00a0limits\u00a0and\u00a0beyond\u00a0as\u00a0they\u00a0selflessly\u00a0care\u00a0for\u00a0patients.\u00a0 Since\u00a0cases\u00a0of COVID-19\u00a0have\u00a0increased\u00a0constantly,\u00a0hospital\u00a0workers\u00a0are\u00a0consequently\u00a0dealing\u00a0\u00a0with\u00a0a\u00a0huge\u00a0influx\u00a0of\u00a0patients.\u00a0The\u00a0demand\u00a0for\u00a0swabbing\u00a0at\u00a0testing\u00a0centres\u00a0has\u00a0increased,\u00a0leaving\u00a0frontliners\u00a0in\u00a0a\u00a0terrible\u00a0state\u00a0of\u00a0exhaustion.\u00a0Some\u00a0workers\u00a0manning\u00a0these\u00a0testing\u00a0\u00a0centres,\u00a0who\u00a0even\u00a0spoke\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0media,\u00a0stated\u00a0that\u00a0they\u00a0are\u00a0understaffed,\u00a0unmotivated\u00a0and\u00a0were\u00a0not\u00a0paid\u00a0for\u00a0overtime\u00a0work.\u00a0\u00a0 To\u00a0add\u00a0insult\u00a0to\u00a0injury,\u00a0frontliners\u00a0were\u00a0recently\u00a0told\u00a0to\u00a0hurry\u00a0up\u00a0by\u00a0people\u00a0waiting\u00a0in\u00a0line\u00a0to\u00a0get\u00a0tested!\u00a0This\u00a0is\u00a0the\u00a0empathy\u00a0that\u00a0they\u00a0get!\u00a0 Voice\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Workers\u00a0is\u00a0aware\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0huge\u00a0workload\u00a0that\u00a0is\u00a0being\u00a0carried\u00a0out\u00a0by\u00a0hospital\u00a0workers.\u00a0Hence, the public\u00a0must\u00a0cooperate\u00a0especially\u00a0with all\u00a0frontliners\u00a0in efforts to curb the spread of Covid-19, and not to provoke or challenge them in any manner.\u00a0Let us not deliberately challenge […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3973,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":""},"issuem_issue":[181],"issuem_issue_categories":[7],"issuem_issue_tags":[],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"2.8.8","language":"en","enabled_languages":["mt","en"],"languages":{"mt":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/3969"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3969"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/3969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3975,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/3969\/revisions\/3975"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue?post=3969"},{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue_categories?post=3969"},{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue_tags?post=3969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}