NUSU holds protest over unlicensed nurses ban
Some 500 student nurses marched on the streets of Yangon on March 15 in protest over the Ministry of Health and Sports’ directive to bar nurses who do not complete the required three years’ service in government hospitals from working at private hospitals. The protest march was the first to be organised by the Nursing University Students’ Union over the directive, and was participated by students from the Nursing University and Yangon Nursing Training School as well as interns and activists from NGOs. “We want the public to be aware of our situation. If the licence will only be issued after we serve three years in public hospitals, it will mean we are serving the public without licence,” said Ma Amie Mie Ju, Yangon NUSU communication coordinator and a student from Yangon Nursing University, explaining the reason for the protest.
