Strikers at Pelonomi Hospital in Bloemfontein armed with sjamboks as frazzled, terrified doctors warn that patients will die

RedViking said:
/raises hand

Does this affect private hospitals? Just want to know if I should still pay my R4000 medical tax or go out for a nice dinner with the wifey?
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Apparently private hospitals are still fully operational.

But the strikers will most possibly try to intimidate the workers working at private hospitals to strike just as well out of solidarity.
 
Kosmik said:
I don't agree if its a peaceful strike. People have a right to have their grievance heard. But that's a far cry from what's happening now. Any staff photographed or videoed in the act of intimidation or violence must be dismissed. That behavior is not even covered under the protected strike laws.
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So you have no problem with people dying if they are striking peacefully?
 
ToxicBunny said:
If they are striking peacefully and not interrupting the service delivery of things like that, then it shouldn't cause people to die...
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If nobody dies, then that means their jobs are redundant anyway, because then what are they actually doing when they're working if not keeping people from dying?
 
wingnut771 said:
If nobody dies, then that means their jobs are redundant anyway, because then what are they actually doing when they're working if not keeping people from dying?
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Hardly..

In a normal working healthcare system the vast majority of users should be going for preventative things, and non-life threatening things, that could potentially be delayed by a few days with no impact to the persons overall health.
 
ToxicBunny said:
Hardly..

In a normal working healthcare system the vast majority of users should be going for preventative things, and non-life threatening things, that could potentially be delayed by a few days with no impact to the persons overall health.
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What about the the minority of users not going in for non-preventative life threatening things? If 50% of the staff are striking, is there a 50% chance of you not receiving the required attention?
Unhappy438 said:
Well then that answers your question.
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There are still the odd few that will die because 50% of the staff are picking their nose. Fire the ****ers then, they're not allowed to strike. Save the tax payer some money.
 
wingnut771 said:
What about the the minority of users not going in for non-preventative life threatening things? If 50% of the staff are striking, is there a 50% chance of you not receiving the required attention?

Fire the ****ers then, they're not allowed to strike. Save the tax payer some money.
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So the point of having a 50% striking limit (or something like that), would mean that the doctors and management of the hospital can make arrangements that anyone coming in for non-preventative life threatening things would be catered for.
 
ToxicBunny said:
So the point of having a 50% striking limit (or something like that), would mean that the doctors and management of the hospital can make arrangements that anyone coming in for non-preventative life threatening things would be catered for.
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So what is the point of having laws then if essential workers can strike when the law says they can't?
 
wingnut771 said:
So what is the point of having laws then if essential workers can strike when the law says they can't?
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Oh, so for me, essential workers should not be able to strike in a fashion that impacts service delivery at all. They can protest and picket during their lunch time and outside of their shift without any issues.

So that is what will complicate the NEHAWU thing, so that they don't just represent essential workers as far as I understand it.
 
wingnut771 said:
Fire the ****ers then, they're not allowed to strike. Save the tax payer some money.
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Well sure if they are violating a court order then i agree, was just answering your question however.
 
wingnut771 said:
So you have no problem with people dying if they are striking peacefully?
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Did you miss my part about rotational striking? But yes, its not right to hold someone to not be allowed to strike peacefully and in protest of what they earn. That goes back to slave or indentured labor.

In a normal society, the hospital would hire adhoc workers who were NOT part of the strike at a higher cost to keep operations running. The problem is, there are lots of people who want the same jobs and are happy with that pay, hence the violent intimidation.
 
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