The silence of the nurses

The silence of the nurses

Following a remarkable surgery to separate conjoined twins, the media were keen to report on the children’s recovery. Every report was prefaced by “Doctors worked for nine hours …  Doctors say … Doctors are humble about their contribution …” The health professionals present with the twins every hour of that event were nurses. Nurses were a key part of the surgery, a critical part of supporting the parents minute by minute and would have been at …