"This Is Embarrassing": Clip of Nurses Basically Fighting for Food Stirs Many Reactions

Friday, May 14, 2021 at 3:58 PM by Marilynn Manuel

- A clip of local nurses scrambling to get their share of food has been shared online

- In the clip, the food is placed on the floor surrounded by many nurses struggling to get their share

- While many criticised the nurses for the way they were attacking the food, others felt sorry for them

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A clip of some nurses scrambling over some food has been shared online. In the short video, the nurses who are still dressed in their universe basically struggle to get a chance to get their share of the food that was haphazardly placed on the floor.

"This Is Embarrassing": Clip of Nurses Basically Fighting for Food Stirs Many Reactions — These nurses were recorded pushing each other for food. Images: @kulanicool
Source: Twitter

The video has generated a large number of comments from South Africans who were seemingly disappointed in the conduct of the nurses. While many said that it was gluttony, others wondered whether or not the healthcare workers were underpaid.

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@RealKGeeSA said:

"This is a clear cry for help. Our nurses are hungry and they haven't received salary increases for years now yet they are expected to continue working long hours dealing with the Covid heads on. @HealthZA. Please pay our nurses."

@OathsOf said:

"This is embarrassing. These kinds of actions give black people a bad name. Futsek to all of them"

@kagiso_moo said:

"So wish they can invest the same energy into saving lives and respecting patients &their families."

Briefly News also reported corruption in the South African government is at an all-time high. Billions have been looted from an emergency fund that was supposed to help combat the struggles brought along by the Covid-19 pandemic.

South Africans who are mostly up in arms with the president's failure to pinpoint and bring to justice the looters have taken to airing out their opinions about the big mess SA politicians are getting SA into.