Vergonha das altas taxas de mortes entre profissionais de saúde. Lá no Reino Unido.
E no Brasl?
Shame of our high health worker death rates
The union GMB has said the UK government has ‘utterly failed’ health care workers after a report revealed more than 540 health and social workers have died of Covid-19 in England and Wales, compared to a worldwide total of 3,000 deaths in these jobs. Commenting on figures in a new report from Amnesty international, GMB national officer Rachel Harrison said: "Health and social care workers have been on the frontline throughout the Covid-19 crisis, putting their lives at risk as government failed to provide adequate PPE, pay and testing. It's no wonder so many have died. And when our members have raised issues and asked for the proper protection - they've been bullied by line managers and faced threats of disciplinary action.” She added: “We have reports of GMB members in hospitals and care homes who in desperation bought their own PPE but were told by managers that if they wore it they would face action as it scared the visitors and residents. The government has utterly failed our health and social care workers. It's no wonder so many have died.” The Amnesty International report makes wide-ranging recommendations, including provision of full PPE and other protections to all at-risk workers, recognition of Covid-19 as an occupational disease, compensation for all those made sick as a result of ‘work-related activities’, and protection of workers from any disadvantage for raising safety concerns.
GMB news release. Amnesty International news release. Exposed, silenced, attacked: Failures to protect health & essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, Amnesty international, 14 July 2020.
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