Nurses in Solomon Islands stage a sit-in protest in the carpark of the National Referral Hospital in Honiara. 30 October 2020 Photo: Sunday Isles/Alex Junior Dadamu
Nurses in Solomon Islands have gone ahead with strike action despite failing to get an approval to stage it.
Hundreds of nurses had gatherred in the carpark of the National Referral Hospital in Honiara to protest their not receiving allowances for work done during the country's Covid-19 emergency..
Earlier the Nurses Association had announced authorities refused permission for the nurses to hold the protest, but the event has gone ahead anyway.
The association general secretary, Steve Maitani, said the nurses are waiting for a formal response from the Covid-19 Oversight Committee and the Prime Minister's Office.