On Monday the government accepted all the nurses back and it was business as usual again‚ despite a pending urgent court application by nurses challenging their dismissal. In its response, general secretary of Zimbabwe Nurses Association (ZINA), a PSI affiliate, Enock Dongo was happy for the decision made by the governement. 

We are happy that nurses have been taken back unconditionally because their grievances are valid.

Dongo told journalists in Harare that hiring new nurses meant that there was an increase in the staff complement at the country's public health institutions but that did not alter the fact that nurses needed to get what was due to them.

We still need what's due to us because‚ even if there are numbers in hospital‚ it's hopeless when it's a de-motivated lot with poor working conditions.