Desperate need for nurses in the North

I work in healthcare, I’m an employer, so yes right now I’m tasked with making some very difficult choices, choices that need to be made because of a provincial direction.

Occasionally I have to run into a business after work to grab something for supper, recently when I was at my local department store, with my ID tag from work visible, minding my own business I was, for lack of a better word, assaulted. A local gentleman started to harass me and call me a sheep, a f*cking c*nt and among other things a disgusting human being. He was upset because it’s me who is forcing him to get vaccinated, it’s people like me who are forcing him to produce a passport if he wants to eat a meal at his favorite restaurant, it’s me who is ruining my employees lives by forcing them against their will to be vaccinated. He went on and on, within spitting distance of my face – I never waivered, I didn’t cry, I didn’t speak, all I could do was look at him and in disbelief, listen to his comments about how I’m taking away his rights and discriminating against others. He said it’s a good thing I just stand there and take it because I chose a government job, so take what’s coming to me like an adult, I deserve it. His final comment was I should be ashamed. No-one stopped him or came to my aid, they just looked on or walked away.

I believe everyone should do what’s right for them, but I don’t believe either side should attack the other because my story is proof, it doesn’t help anything. If you really believe strongly in one side or another, use your power for good, lobby your government for a change in a respectful manner, be the change you want to see.

Jonkers says, there are over 400 hundred vacant positions in Northern Health. She says they are trying to provide the care that is needed while trying to “keep their heads above water.”

by Randi-Marie Adams

Desperate need for nurses in the North

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