The ongoing strike by agitated nurse staff has been causing huge inconvenience to admitted patients in the Government hospitals across the State.After bilateral talks with the higher officials it has failed to reach to any fruitful conclusion. The staff nurses have also threatened to intensify their agitation from next week onwards.
All those patients admitted in the Government district hospitals and health centres were among the major sufferers due to the ongoing strike called on by the staff nurses.
Although the delegation of the staff nurses under the banner of Uttarakhand Staff Nurses Association (UNSA) had series of meetings with the department higher officials but ended without reaching to any fruitful conclusion.
The agitated staff nurses have been continuously staging protest since December, 23 and doing only one shift duty from 2pm to 8 pm.
However, department officials claimed that trained Government pharmacists have been catering the medical need of admitted patients in the Government hospitals but reality is something very different.
The office bearers of the UNSA have decided to continue with their agitation till their demands are fulfilled by the State Government till December, 23 and later intensify their agitation after having association’s meeting on December, 24.
The agitation staff nurses is working one shift duty as per the norms of MCI (Medical Council of India) which clearly highlighted that one staff nurse should cater the medical need of every five admitted patients in the hospital.
Timely promotion, dress allowance, pay anomaly, risk allowance, six pay commission, appointment of the registrar etc are the few main pending demands of the association.
The office bearers of UNSA said that memorandum highlighting their demands was submitted many times to top Government officials including principal secretary (medical, health and family welfare), and director general (medical, health and family welfare) but steps are yet to be taken by the State Government for fulfilling the year long pending demands of association.
While talking to The Pioneer, Krishna Rawat, State general secretary, UNSA said that the agitated staff nurses are in the mood of decisive show, this time and will withdraw their agitation only when their year long pending demands would be fulfilled by the State Government.
She said that the bilateral talk with the department higher officials ended without reaching to any fruitful conclusion.
After expressing her concern over the callous approach of the State Government for not fulfilling the year long pending demands of association, Rawat said that the agitated staff nurses will intensify their Statewide agitation from the next week onwards.