I REFER to the letter “Spark needed for change in nursing profession” (The Star, June 22) by Nik Safiah Nik Ismail, which was in response to three other letters discussing the current state of nursing in our public hospitals: “Family members doing nurses’ job” by Anne Swinitha Rajaratnam (May 25), “Blame the system, not the nurses” by Matron Pat (May 30) and “More to nursing than meets the eye” by Prof Zahrah Saad, MAHSA University (June 14).

The conversation started with Rajaratnam questioning the standard of nursing care in a government hospital. This was followed by Matron Pat, who shared her views on the factors that led to the current state of affairs and then by Prof Zahrah, who disputed the contents of both the first and second letters. Nik Safiah waded into the discussion and interestingly agreed with the first two letters and challenged Prof Zahrah.