The ongoing strike called by the infuriated lab technicians entered its fourth consecutive day on Monday with the agitators also threatening to intensify their agitation in the near future in support of the their pending demands.
After having a series of bilateral talks with the chief secretary Subhash Kumar with the delegation of agitated lab technicians and after receiving assurance from him, the
agitated lab technicians have decided on assisting the emergency cases including dengue fever cases in the government hospitals across the State.
The agitators have also threatened to intensify their agitation, if their demands are not met by the State Government in the given time frame. All those patients who visited government hospitals including district hospitals and health centres experienced apathy due to the strike that entered on fourth consecutive day on Monday.
The agitators lamented that despite given assurance to them in the time strike, they were given assurance that their year long pending demands would be fulfilled by the State Government but the State Government is yet to take effective measures to redress their grievances. While speaking to The Pioneer, Manoj Mishra, State general secretary, Uttarakhand Medical lab Technician Association said chief secretary Subhash Kumar has assured the delegation that their year long pending demands would be fulfilled by the State Government till October, 25.
He cleared that if the State Government does not take effective steps to fulfill the year pending demands of the association then the association will hit the roads in support of their pending demands.
He said that hike in the grade pay, appointment of lab technicians staff on the vacant posts in the Garhwal and Kumaon divisions of the State, keeping a tab on fake para-medical institutions, promotion of lab technicians upto senior lab technicians, sanctioning of allowance and perks to lab technicians etc.