The cur­rent im­passe be­tween the Gov­ern­ment and nurs­es, re­sult­ing in a sick­out over the week­end, is ex­pect­ed to get worse as the week pro­gress­es.

Speak­ing with Guardian Me­dia yes­ter­day, some nurs­es said they have no oth­er re­course than to stay at home to avoid be­ing trapped at work.

Nurs­ing staff are man­dat­ed not to leave pa­tients un­less they are re­lieved by oth­er staff mem­bers. How­ev­er, with many nurs­es re­fus­ing to show up for du­ty on Sat­ur­day and yes­ter­day, some re­lief staff said they would rather not show up than do so and be forced in­to over­time.