By Talent Gondo | As the ongoing strike by nurses enters it’s second day, Sisters In Charge at the country’s biggest government health center, Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals have also downed tools citing “burnout” concerns.

According to a letter directed to the Principal Nursing Officer glimpsed by ZimEye, the Sisters In Charge have indicated that they are joining the ongoing industrial action by their juniors because there is too much work which has seen them working round the clock without any rest.

“As Sisters In Charge at Parirenyatwa, we are over whelmed in rendering quality total nursing services,” said the Sisters In Charge.

“This is in view of the ongoing industrial action by the junior nurses. Currently we are the ones managing 2 or more wards without any rest resulting in us working round the clock.”

The Sisters In Charge indicated that because of this, they were also downing tools until their juniors’ concerns had been resolved.

“Due to the burnout, we are with immediate effect withdrawing our services,” they advised.

The Sisters In Charge’s actions comes as the government has issued a directive to the striking nurses to go back to work and make way for harmonius industrial relations.

The Minister of Health and Child Care, Dr David Parirenyatwa said the nurses should go back to work since government is treating their grievances with urgency.