The ongoing strike by the health workers under the banner of Uttarakhand State AIDS Control Association continued on ninth consecutive day on Friday with the agitators have decided to call off their agitation only after their year long pending demands would be fulfilled by the Government.
Association office bearers claimed the delegation of the agitators is likely to meet Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday in New Delhi. The agitators gathered at director general (medical, health and family welfare) department on Friday in support of their year long pending demands. They lamented that memorandum highlighting their demands was submitted many times to officials but steps are yet to be taken by the higher department officials for redressing their grievances. While addressing the gathering, Sunil, general secretary, Uttarakhand State AIDS Control Association said team of health workers from Uttarakhand are also staging protest along with the health workers from other States of country in New Delhi in support of their year long pending demands and informed that a delegation of agitators is likely to meet Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday in New Delhi.
It is also equally important to mention here is that the health facilities at ICTC centre and TB clinics are reported to be badly affected on ninth consecutive day on Friday with the agitators have also threatened to intensify their agitation in support of their year long pending demands in near future. Additionally, dissemination of life saving drugs to tuberculosis and pathological investigations of HIV patients were not taken place in the district hospitals, health centres in the Garhwal and Kumaon divisions of Uttarakhand. It is also noteworthy that regularization in the Government departments and equal work-equal pay is the only two year long pending demands of association. Sanjay Dabral, Bharti Uniyal, Mahaveer Singh Aswal, Ranveer Singh, Anupam Singh, Sanjay Mishra, DK Gupta and many more were also present.