‘We are not respected like nurses’: Porters, security guards demand more Covid-19 protection | News24
Hospital porters routinely come into contact with patients, but the government’s guidelines put them at the back of the queue for Covid-19 protective gear.Porters comprise as much as 10% of hospital admissions among health workers. Security companies in Mpumalanga fail to provide masks for guards at facilities, forcing them to get masks from already stretched…