The heroes of our hospitals.

Thousands of nurses had planned on striking today to protest what they say is a dangerously understaffed sector. The strike was called-off but we thought it was timely to give our hard working nurses a special nod. So we're shining a light on one nursing team in particular at one of our most remote hospitals.

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