The mailing says two nurses, members of the National Education Health and Allied Workers Union (NEHAWU) will be in Chicago October 16th through the 28th; both nurses are leaders in the setting of a new democratic health agenda in South Africa. The mailing says NEHAWU is recognized by progressive forces within South Africa as leading the struggle within the health sector for: Ending Apartheid in Health Care which is the major barrier to nurses and other health care workers in providing quality care, Ending Fragmentation of Health Services, Ending overcrowding in Black hospitals, Restructuring the health care system with emphasis on primary and preventive health care, Halting the Privatization...
The mailing says two nurses, members of the National Education Health and Allied Workers Union (NEHAWU) will be in Chicago October 16th through the 28th; both nurses are leaders in the setting of a new democratic health agenda in South Africa. The mailing says NEHAWU is recognized by progressive forces within South Africa as leading the struggle within the health sector for: Ending Apartheid in Health Care which is the major barrier to nurses and other health care workers in providing quality care, Ending Fragmentation of Health Services, Ending overcrowding in Black hospitals, Restructuring the health care system with emphasis on primary and preventive health care, Halting the Privatization of Health Care Services, Demanding that nurses, other health personnel and consumers be a part of the decision making process in the setting of health care policy. The mailing says Black patients are often forced to sleep on the floor or under beds. The mailing says Thami Skenjana is actively employed as a hospital nurse since 1977; currently working in Maternal Child Nursing in King Edward VIII Hospital, a Black only hospital and the second largest in South Africa; a member of NEHAWU since 1989 and member of the Organizing Committee for Nurses. The mailing says Khumbu Mtinjana is actively employed as hospital nurse since 1979, currently working as a Operating Room nurse at Wentworth Hospital; a member of NEHAWU since 1990 and member of the National Coordinating Committee. The mailing includes a reply form headed SOUTH AFRICA NURSES WELCOMING COMMITTEE and ask for donations and for checks to be made out to the Illinois Labor Network Against Apartheid. The reply for includes the options PLEASE INCLUDE MYSELF OR ORGANIZATION AS SPONSORS OF THE TOUR OF THESE TWO SOUTH AFRICAN NURSES and I WOULD / OR MY ORGANIZATION WOULD LIKE TO BE INVOLVED IN PLANNING EVENTS FOR THE NURSES WHILE THEY ARE IN CHICAGO AND THE SURROUNDING AREA OCTOBER 16TH THROUGH THE 28TH. The response form says mail to WESTSIDE MEDICAL CENTER D21, ILLINOIS NURSES ASSOC., C/O SIGNE GLEESON in Naperville, Illinois.
