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Iran: Nursing students protests across the country

Nursing students and their professors at the University of Medical Sciences in Isfahan formed a human chain on Monday, November 30, 2015, to protest a recent Health Ministry directive to hospitals to train people for nursing without having to attend courses at school, according to the website of the NCRI Women’sCommittee.

They demanded cancellation of the government decision in this regard.

On the same day, nursing students at the Medical School of Neishaboor (central north Iran) staged a protest and signed a petition demanding cancellation of the plan for one-year training of nurses at hospitals.

On Saturday, November 28, students of nursing at the University of Tabriz staged a gathering and signed a petition calling for cancellation of nurses' training at hospitals.

On Monday, November 30, the Nursing Community of Aligoodarz (southwest Iran) joined students in other cities and wrote an open letter to officials describing the Health Ministry's plan as "anti-popular" and a serious blow to the country's social health.