Thousands of nurses have walked off the job in Australia's largest city Sydney, protesting against staff shortages and pandemic-related stresses and strains, AFP reports.
Defying a strike ban, thousands decked in scrubs and surgical masks marched on the New South Wales parliament over what they say are intolerable conditions.
Throngs of nurses cheered, clapped and chanted their anger at persistent shortages of hospital beds, equipment and the grinding toll of this protracted crisis. They brandished placards that read “Nurses are not coping” and “'Thank you' doesn't pay the rent” — hitting out at political leaders who they accuse of ignoring their plight.
