LIberian Nurses Defy Call for strike, turn up for work amidst the demand for Ebola Hazard Pay

Some Nurses have been turning up to work in Liberia despite the calls for strike over demand better hazard pay amid an Ebola epidemic.

A strike could severely hamper Liberia's ability to respond to the largest ever Ebola outbreak.
Liberia has the highest death toll of the countries affected by Ebola.

The disease is believed to have killed more than 4,000 people in West Africa. Liberia has the highest death toll.

Ebola has hit health-care workers especially hard, infecting about 400, nearly half of those in Liberia. Members of the National Health Workers Association of Liberia are demanding higher monthly hazard pay.

Dr. Gobee Logan, a doctor at a government hospital, said some nurses were at work Monday.
The association boasts more than 10,000 members, though the Health Ministry says only about 1,000 of those are employed at sites receiving Ebola patients.

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He, however, acknowledged that the strike would undermine the gains being made in the fight against Ebola in Liberia, but said they were confident the public would understand the reason behind their action. 

"The problem is the government. The public should get angry with the government, not with us," Williams said
"The public is aware that health workers are dying because they are not protected. Nobody is supposed to die while protecting lives, we have been calling on the government to give us protective gear but they are not doing so," he said.