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Akash Sama­roo

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has praised the con­tri­bu­tion of health­care work­ers in her East­er mes­sage, even as she con­tin­ues to re­main silent on the im­passe be­tween nurs­es and the North Cen­tral Re­gion­al Health Au­thor­i­ty (NCRHA).

It was a fleet­ing and gen­er­al ref­er­ence to “health­care work­ers” yes­ter­day, but the first men­tion of that sec­tor since the nurs­es com­menced planned protests over re­duced over­time rates (from $75 to $60 per hour) to align with “ap­proved rates.”