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Nurses plan protest as Hong Kong’s public hospitals reach flu season breaking point

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Nurses in Hong Kong’s overcrowded public hospitals are planning to protest on Sunday, saying they are stretched to breaking point by the peak flu season. Chairman of Hong Kong’s biggest nurses union, the Association of Hong Kong Nursing Staff, Joseph Lee Kok-long said nurses had to work extra shifts and skip meals to care for the influx of flu patients. The city has a severe shortage of nurses and hospital staff are stretched to the limit, Lee said on a radio programme on Thursday...

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