Healthcare Workers Slay Dance Challenge for Patients, South Africans Split Over Groovy Nurses

Healthcare Workers Slay Dance Challenge for Patients, South Africans Split Over Groovy Nurses

  • A TikTok video showed a medical care centre where the staff decided to try to cheer up the patients
  • People on the socials had a lot to say after watching the healthcare workers who went above and beyond the call of duty when attending to patients
  • South Africans were divided about the way the nurses decided to put on a show to lift people's spirits in the clinic

Some ladies at work found a way to make a healthcare centre a more jovial place in a clip shared on 19 July 2024. The healthcare staff tried to help patients see light at the end of the tunnel by performing for them.

Nurses danced for patients
Healthcare workers put on a show while patients watched. Image: @woodsidescc
Source: TikTok

The video of the healthcare workers putting on a show for patients received thousands of likes. Some peeps admired the healthcare employees' creative ideas to improve the atmosphere at the healthcare centre.

In a TikTok video by @woodsidescc, healthcare workers at Woodside Special Care Centre put on their dancing shoes. Nurses and staff in the healthcare facility took part in a TikTok dance challenge to lighten the mood. The ladies were moving in unison in cheerful moods, as the patients watched their antics.

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Woman dances for pregnant friend

Briefly News reported that a woman was in labour when her friend decided it was the perfect opportunity to make a dance challenge. The lady chose a TikTok viral song to help her friend through contractions. Online users were thoroughly amused by the content creator's song choice. She used Push It by Salt-N-Pepa to make the hilarious dance video.

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Pregnant woman's bestie made a funny video while she was in labour
A pregnant woman's best friend made a dance video while she was in labour. Image: Lwa
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South Africans divided over dancing healthcare workers

While some people thought the staff members were simply trying to entertain patients, others shared a different perspective. Some netizens complained that they were likely making noise for people who are already not feeling well. Watch the video of the staff at the health facility below:

nosi makabane gushed:

"😘♥️😂🫶You can see umntu who chose a career, not imali because they live this it's in their blood God bless you."

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Sokilali wrote:

"Guys, I think the noise is too much. It’s not good for your service user."

diem added:

"The noise colleagues."

elnamaree2 was unimpressed:

"Why in front of the patients?😭😭"

Thully@88 argued:

"Who said our patients must be bored? Good job guys for doing your best in bringing a smile to their faces. This is therapeutic to them. Look at them vibing🤣🤣"

mariamatunhira added:

"When duty calls 👏"

Shirleyb added:

"Kumnandi apha😂😂😂ndiyawuthanda umsebenzi wenu. Keep it up guys❤️"

Thulepenny ndlovu loved the nurses' energy:

"Haaa🥰🥰kukuph la cela kuzo volunteer ❤🙏(I want to come and volunteer.)"

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Rutendo Masasi (Weekend Entertainment and Human Interest editor) Rue Masasi is a Human Interest and Entertainment writer at Briefly News who graduated with a BA (Hons) in English from Rhodes University in 2018. Rue also has 3 years of experience in journalism and over four years of experience as an online ESL teacher. She has also passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. You can reach her via email: rutendo.masasi@briefly.co.za

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