Protests of pharmacists and paramedical staff including regular nurses working in government hospitals continued as staff did not reach the hospital for the second day on Tuesday increasing the suffering of patients who are constantly facing problems.
On the other hand, the officials and employees of the health department say that there is no problem in any kind of system, the system is being handled by the contract employees and trained students. At the same time, about 10 operations have been postponed in the main JP and Katju hospitals of the city.
Around 3000 staff of government hospitals are protesting, pressing for their demands.
Jai Prakash Hospital Superintendent Rakesh Srivastava said that an operation has taken place here on Tuesday, we are making arrangements with the help of contract employees and students undergoing training.
On the other hand, Superintendent of Katju Hospital, PK Singh said that arrangements are being made by the staff here, while two operations have been done so far on Tuesday. At JP and Katju have 12 and 6 operations daily respectively.
Medicines are being distributed in Jaypee Hospital by contract employees.
350 nurses at main 5 centers, number of contracts 100
There are 5 main centers of Bhopal, including JP and Katju and other health centers. In Bhopal alone, the number of nurses on strike is close to 350. At the same time, the number of contract nurses is less than 100 in these five centres. Out of which around 20 are on leave.
The staff of Jaypee Hospital, Katju Hospital, Kolar Health Center, Bairagarh Civil Hospital, Berasia Civil Hospital are protesting.
Amber Chauhan of Madhya Pradesh Health Officer Employees Federation, told that we are on strike regarding our ten-point demands. Earlier we had submitted a memorandum of 41 point demands to the government, since Monday the nursing staff working in government hospitals were on strike.
Today paramedical staff, pharmacists, radiographers, lab technicians etc. are also included with them. Apart from this, work has come to a standstill in 52 districts. We are demanding grade pay, night allowance and stipend to nursing students etc. If our demands are not met then this protest will continue.
