[CNN iReport]The dark moment of nurses in TW

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By Maggie Lin, RN, TAIWAN

The dark moment of nurses in Taiwan.
By jkljkl999 | Posted April 14, 2012 | Taipei


CNN PRODUCER NOTE
The working environment of nurses in Taiwan has entered an extremely serious
situation due to working environment changes.

Taiwan National Health Insurance system seems created a wonderful medical
market which is very easily to obtain treatment with low bill for everyone.
In the end, all of hospitals are impaired by medical staff shortages and
Taiwan government even didn't know what the real problem is!

Because of National Health Insurance System, resulting low salaries of
nurses, long working hours without pay, and high nurse patient rate. Few days
ago, we saw the news from CNN reported that The National Health Insurance
System in Taiwan is a successful policy, which is a big joke. Especially The
United States seems planning to set up a similar policy. We strongly
recommend that journalist and the government officials in the United State
should come to Taiwan a couple of days for field trip, and then they would be
able to understand how the insurance system has pushed the majority of
medical workers into a huge hell.

When all of medical personnel in hell, the patient must be very close to the
hell definitely.

When all of the medical workers in an unhealthy working environment, the
patient must to facing a high risk care quality, because in Taiwan, every
nurse should take care of at least eight patients in morning shift, even
more. Over twelve patients in afternoon shift and almost take care of nearly
twenty patients in night shift! That’s pretty incredible.

Nurses in Taiwan are not only superwomen or supermen, but are also patients.
Staff shortages happened in past ten years, the trickiest thing is that
Nurses do not have right to sick anymore, only because of nurses shortages.
Taiwan's hospitals manager will not let their nurse get a sick leave if the
nurse still able to walk even in public hospital system.

The Nurse’s working hour in Taiwan often over ten hours every shift, even
more. However, the hospital did not give overtime fee; they only give nurses
unreasonable pay to buy their break off. The medical environment of the
culprit was created by the National Health Insurance System.

I want to tell all my friends around the world that it’s not a good thing
for you to let your government implement this kind ridiculous policy in your
country.

Ref:http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-776292

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