Nurs­es came out in their hun­dreds yes­ter­day to de­mand an in­crease in salaries, over­time rates com­pa­ra­ble to oth­er work­ers and to send a mes­sage to the Gov­ern­ment that they have had enough.

Lead­ing the charge was Trinidad and To­ba­go Na­tion­al Nurs­ing As­so­ci­a­tion pres­i­dent Idi Stu­art. The nurs­es gath­ered at the Port-of-Spain Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal, marched to the Min­istry of Health head of­fice on Char­lotte Street, then gath­er­ing on the Bri­an Lara Prom­e­nade, op­po­site the Min­istry of Fi­nance on In­de­pen­dence Square.

The protest was the largest by work­ers since Gov­ern­ment took of­fice last year. And nurs­es said they want to hear from the Gov­ern­ment, or else.