Members of the BC Nurses91裸聊视频� Union ended a rally Tuesday afternoon on the legislature grounds to the beat of Aretha Franklin91裸聊视频檚 Respect, which ran as a theme amid their demands for more equitable work conditions.

More than 200 nurses and nursing students from Dawson Creek, Prince George, Okanagan and just about everywhere in between arrived downtown for National Nursing Week to march from the Fairmont Empress Hotel to the legislature May 10, following a vigil held Monday.

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Dozens of participants sported signs demanding greater respect for B.C. nurses amid the challenges and hardships of the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.

91裸聊视频淢any of you have had to endure the heartbreaking act of holding the hand of a patient with COVID who is dying alone,91裸聊视频� said Aman Grewal, BCNU president and a nurse of 35 years91裸聊视频� experience.

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In solidarity with protesters91裸聊视频� demands for greater respect from Premier John Horgan and Health Minister Adrian Dix, Joseph Thomas of the Esquimalt Nation shared a couple moments of Indigenous singing and drumming.

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BCNU vice-president Adriane Gear reported that nurses are facing crushing workloads in unsafe conditions without personal protective equipment, having to work overtime and receiving parking tickets at work.

In wards such as emergency and intensive care, as many as one in two nurses are considering quitting their jobs, Gear said.

91裸聊视频淭he truth is we91裸聊视频檙e not heroes and we don91裸聊视频檛 have super powers. We are mere mortals.91裸聊视频�

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