Calming anxieties while giving vaccine is part of daily challenges for nurses


Nor Aini (left) and Suhartini have their husbands and children who worry for them but understand their vital roles in the fight against Covid-19.

SOMEONE shrieked from behind the partition at the sight of the needle, and the nurses could be heard calmly pacifying the person.

They coaxed her into taking deep breaths until she felt ready to be jabbed at the government clinic in Bandar Baru Ayer Itam, Penang.

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