International Nurses Day commemoration
On 12 May 2020, the world commemorates International Nurses Day.
The Minister of Health, Dr Zwelini Mkhize, the Deputy Minister Dr Joe Phaahla, together with MECs for Health in all 9 Provinces will hold a special candlelight ceremony for all nurses in the country.
Each MEC together with a small group of nurses in the province will be at the locations indicated below.
- KwaZulu - Natal: King Edward Hospital
- Western Cape: Tygerberg Hospital
- Gauteng: Zone 17 Clinic, Stand no 62064, Sebokeng Unit 17
- Limpopo: Helena Franz hospital, Bochum
- Eastern Cape: Stutterheim Train Station. (As they will also be launching the Phelo-Phepha Train)
- Mpumalanga: Witbank Hospital
- Free State: Bophelo House, Icam Centre
- North West: Mafikeng provincial hospital
- Northern Cape: Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Hospital, Kimberly
The Minister will participate from KwaZulu-Natal together with the National Department of Health Chief Nursing Officer, Dr Nonhlanhla Makhanya, who will publicly read the Nurses’ Pledge of Service, being joined by all nurses in the country.
The Deputy Minister will participate from Gauteng.
The candlelight and the reading of the pledge will happen at the same time in all provinces.
The details are as follows:
Platform: Zoom (link below)
https://zoom.us/j/91379487169?pwd=a2VzTjBvSXZiMXFCVlVlVVQ5V09kdz09
Password: 154756
Time: 11.45 am
All nurses across the country, (both in service and even those who are retired) are invited to participate in this special day. Nurses may either log onto the ZOOM platform or engage the public broadcast.
This is in recognition of their hard work, dedication, sacrifice. This moment will also be to acknowledge the nurses role as frontline workers in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
