There's a treat in store for nurses at the High River Hospital Thursday, February 13.

They'll be getting coffee and heart-shaped cookies throughout the day.

Cameron Westhead, second vice-president with the United Nurses of Alberta says they'll be handing out information about the UCP government's plans for nurses, with a seasonal theme.

The union says the government has announced plans to lay off hundreds of registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses across Alberta, so nurses will take part in information walks to raise concerns about these government plans and decisions to cut public health care and the impact it'll have on safe patient care.

"It's a take on Valentine's Day, so we're asking the government not to cut the heart out of health care and the heart being nurses," he says. "With thousands of layoffs of front line workers being planned by the government we're wanting to make sure the public knows that this is what is under consideration by the public and asking the public to join us in pushing back against those regressive changes."

They say patient care will be jeopardized because of the layoffs.

The walks are planned across the Province.

 

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