Nurses leave patient bedsides, threaten to blockade Eastern borders Saturday

In the first day of their general strike nurses refused to assist their patients in over 100 hospitals. Now they are threatening to blockade Polish borders to enforce their demands. "On Thursday we were supposed to leave patients' bedsides, but we felt they were unjustly treated. We decided to change our strategy and blockade Polish borders," said Elzbieta Januszewska-Jarosik from the National Nurses and Midwives Trade Union (OZZPiP). The blockade is planned for Saturday. Nurses from border towns such as Suwalki and Hajnowka will play a key role in the nationwide protest. (Rzeczpospolita, p.A3; Gazeta Wyborcza, p.1) A.Z.