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Emergency Nurse Plans Resignation As Working Conditions Worsen
Emergency nurse Soffía Steingrímsdóttir is set to resign due to long-term stress and the fact that no solution to the staffing problem was in sight. This problem has been brought up to management for several years now, Vísir reports. [su_pullquote]If you are…
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It Will Not Be Possible To Test For COVID If Nurses Go On Strike
It will not be possible to conduct coronavirus tests on those who come to Iceland if nurses go on strike. Testing at the borders should start on June 15th, but nurses have confirmed that they intend to go on strike a week…
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Hour Of The Wolf: Haunted Nights At Landspítali
Hailing all the way from the Philippines, Ma Janice Ymbong Silao has been in Iceland for seven years now. As a nurse working night shifts in the intensive care unit, she’s seen quite a bit. Working the graveyard shift in a hospital…
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Iceland’s Universal Healthcare (Still) On Thin Ice
One year ago, Iceland’s lauded universal healthcare system seemed to be teetering off the edge. Doctors’ wages had stagnated after the economic crash, and following a bout of failed negotiations, they went on strike for the first time ever. While they coordinated their actions to avoid endangering…
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Labour Legislation And Mass Resignation Of Icelandic Nurses
Residents of this country, as well as visitors to it, followed the news closely throughout May and into the early days of June, as talks of rolling work stoppages and an indefinite general strike loomed. With a possible strike of many of…