Liberian Nurses Go On Strike Over Lack Of Equipment

Nurses in Liberia’s largest hospital are said to have gone on strike to demand better pay and protective equipment

Liberia’s already stretched health care system has been placed under more pressure as some nurses are said to have gone on strike.

The nurses, who work at the John F Kennedy hospital in Monrovia, Liberia’s capital, have embarked on the industrial action to demand protective equipment and better pay.

A spokesperson for the health workers, John Tugbeh said:

"From the beginning of the Ebola outbreak we have not had any protective equipment to work with. As result, so many doctors got infected by the virus. We have to stay home until we get the PPEs,"

"We need proper equipment to work with [and] we need better pay because we are going to risk our lives."

Liberia has been one of the worst hit by the disease which has spread across 6 countries in West Africa.