Abahlengikazi Badalele Intela Enyakazisa Ozakwabo Abashonile nge-COVID-19

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Njengoba inani lokufa kwe-coronavirus e-U.S. Liqhubeka nokukhuphuka, iNational Nurses United idale umbukiso onamandla wokuthi bangaki abahlengikazi ezweni ababulewe yi-COVID-19. Inyunyana yabahlengikazi ababhalisiwe yahlela ngazimbili ama-164 ama-clogs amhlophe otshanini baseCapitol eWashington, D.C., ipheya elilodwa ku-RN ngamunye oshone ngenxa yegciwane kuze kube manje e-U.S.

Kanye nokukhonjiswa kwama-clogs — ukukhetha izicathulo ezivamile kulo mkhakha — iNational Nurses United ibambe isikhumbuzo, isho igama likanesi ngamunye obulawe yi-COVID-19 e-U.S. Futhi efuna iSenate iphasise umthetho we-HEROES Act. Phakathi kwezinye izindlela eziningi, umthetho we-HEROES uzohlinzeka ngokuhlolwa kwesikhuthazo kwesibili kwabamaMelika futhi unwebise uHlelo Lokuvikelwa Kwe-Paycheck, olunikeza imali mboleko kanye noxhaso kumabhizinisi amancane kanye nokungenzi nzuzo.

INational Nurses United iveze ngokusobala izindlela eziseMthethweni WAMAHERO ezingaba nomthelela ezimweni zokusebenza kwabahlengikazi. Okungukuthi, lo mthetho uzogunyaza i-Occupational Safety and Health Administration (i-OSHA, inhlangano ebumbene yoMnyango Wezabasebenzi wase-U.S.) Ukuphoqelela izindinganiso ezithile zezifo ezithathelwanayo ezizovikela abasebenzi ku-coronavirus. Ngokwengeziwe, i-HEROES Act izosungula uMxhumanisi Wezokuphendula Wezempilo ozohlela ukulethwa nokusatshalaliswa kwemishini yezokwelapha. (Okuhlobene: Umhlengikazi oyedwa we-ICU Ufunga Ngaleli Thuluzi lama- $ 26 Lokuthuthukisa Isikhumba Sakhe Nempilo Yengqondo)

Njengoba i-coronavirus isakazekile, i-U.S (kanye nomhlaba) ibikisene nokushoda kwemishini yokuvikela (PPE), okwenza i-hashtag #GetMePPE phakathi kwabasebenzi bezempilo. Ukubhekana nokushoda kwamagilavu, izifihla-buso zobuso, izihlangu zobuso, i-sanitizer yezandla, njll., Abaningi basebenzise ukusebenzisa izifihla-buso zobuso obusetshenziswa kanye noma ukugqoka i-bandana esikhundleni salokho. Babalelwa ku-600 abasebenzi bezempilo e-US asebeshonile ngenxa ye-COVID-19, okuhlanganisa abahlengikazi, odokotela, abezimo eziphuthumayo kanye nabasebenzi basesibhedlela, ngokusho kwesilinganiso esivela kuLost on the Frontline, iphrojekthi eyethulweUnogada futhi Kaiser Health News. "Bangaki kulaba bahlengikazi abaphambili abebengaba lapha namhlanje ukube bebenemishini abayidingayo ukuze benze umsebenzi wabo ngokuphepha?" UZenei Cortez, RN, umongameli weNational Nurses United, esitatimendeni sabezindaba mayelana nesikhumbuzo sotshani saseCapitol. (Okuhlobene: Kungani Lo Mhlengikazi Ophenduke Imodeli Wajoyina I-Frontline Yobhubhane lwe-COVID-19)

Lokhu mhlawumbe akusona isikhathi sokuqala sabahlengikazi ababambe iqhaza ebushushisweni osuke wezwa ngabo muva nje. Abahlengikazi abaningi baphinde basekela inhlangano yeBlack Lives Matter ngokumasha kanye nababhikishi abanokuthula nokunikeza usizo lokuqala kubantu abashaywa nge-pepper spray noma ngegesi yezinyembezi. (Okuhlobene: "Umhlengikazi Ohleli Phansi" Wabelana Ngokuthi Kungani Umkhakha Wezokunakekelwa Kwezempilo Udinga Abantu Abamthanda Njengaye)

Mayelana nokulwela ukufinyelela ku-PPE, ukuboniswa kweNational Nurses United endaweni yaseCapitol kudonsele ukunaka obekudingeka kakhulu odabeni olubucayi ngenkathi kuhlonishwa abahlengikazi abalahlekelwe izimpilo zabo. Uma ufuna ukuxhasa imbangela, ungasayina isikhalazo seqembu kwiSenate ukweseka Umthetho WAMAQHAWE.

Imininingwane ekule ndaba inembile njengesikhathi sokushicilela. Njengoba izibuyekezo ezimayelana ne-coronavirus COVID-19 ziqhubeka nokuvela, kungenzeka ukuthi eminye imininingwane nezincomo kule ndaba zishintshile selokhu kwashicilelwa okokuqala. Sikukhuthaza ukuthi uhlole njalo izinsiza ezifana ne-CDC, i-WHO, kanye nomnyango wezempilo womphakathi wendawo ukuze uthole imininingwane yakamuva nezincomo.

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