President of the Guyana Nurses Association Cleopatra Barkoye believes there has been not much movement forward in the profession at the local level since she joined it over 30 years ago and as the world observed International Nurses and Midwives Day last Wednesday, instead of celebrating she grieved for the practicing nurses in Guyana.
“My feelings today [are] mixed because… for me in Guyana we have not made as much strides as I would have liked to see… We have been stagnated somewhat. So today I feel for my colleagues. I feel for those who are still in the profession, and who still have some of the issues that we were faced with, that I was faced with, over 30 years ago,” Barkoye told Sunday Stabroek in an interview last week.
