By Dorrothy Moyo| There was chaos in hospitals across the country Monday morning when nurses launched their strike.

In their memo dated 14 April, which ZimEye.com reveals, the Zimbabwe Nurses Association (ZNA) said its members will only return to work when their grievances have been resolved.

“Nurses play a pivotal role in health delivery in Zimbabwe. They provide services to the community 24/7 with minimum resources and below market packages…”

“Regardless of this, government has seen it fit to ignore these combatants by not attending to issues which enhance their functionality and motivation (such as) insufficient medical, surgical, human resources and equipment at health facilities.

“Discrepancies in allocation of allowances should be rationalized immediately, non-implementation of outstanding issues like regrading, promotion procedures, since 2010 for nurses.”

ZimEye was at the time of writing touring various hospitals in the nation’s main two capitals and a report will follow during the course of the day.