Recently I underwent a long overdue, potentially life-saving procedure. From the time I entered the hospital to the time I left, every person who cared for me, as well as the many other patients, truly cared. They all did their utmost, despite being overworked and constantly receiving more demands to try and meet under impossible conditions.

The nurses, assistants, doctors, receptionists, cleaners, barely had time to think, yet somehow managed their superhuman roles. I don’t know how much longer any of them will manage to work in their life-saving profession.

Over the last few years, as a patient and as a friend of several doctors, nurses and midwives, I’ve listened to and watched the entire health care system crumble through the lack of care and poor economics practised by  politicians who have no idea what they’re doing, don’t care, who are sociopaths, or all three.

People are becoming ill, traumatised, developing disabilities, dying because of these issues. In years to come, analysis of the statistics will show the true cost of the “cost-cutting measures” taken by successive governments; particularly this one.

I support nurses and midwives with every fibre of my being.