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A look at the misery that is the life of Kenyan nurses
Trainee nurses walk out of the Port Reitz Mental Hospital in Mombasa on September 18, 2017, after the facility was shut down after a strike. FILE PHOTO | NMG
Nurses worldwide may well be the unsung heroes of the medical field — they not only provide care for those hospitalised, but also execute tasks few others are willing to do under the immense pressure of the profession.
From giving injections, handling doctors’ prescriptions, dealing with psychotic patients, bed-bathing some, to soothing irate patients’ kin, their tasks are numerous and indispensable.