Due to the ongoing strike called on by the agitating staff nurses in the State, all those admitted patients in the Government hospitals faced hardships. The agitators stressed that they will intensify their agitation in the near future in support of their year long pending demands.
The ongoing strike called on by the agitated staff nurses under the banner of Uttarakhand Staff Nurses Service Association (UNSA) continued on Friday with all those admitted patients in the Government hospitals were among the worst sufferers in Garhwal and Kumaon divisions of Uttarakhand. The agitators clearly said that they will intensify their agitation if their demands are not met in the given time frame. They lamented that memorandum highlighting their demands was submitted many times to higher officials but steps are yet to be taken by the State Government for redressing their grievances.
The agitated staff nurses worked on one shift as per the norms of MCI (Medical Council of India) which clearly highlighted that the staff nurse need to cater to the medical help of every five patients admitted in the hospital. It is equally important to mention here is that the staff nurses had earlier also boycotted the services in support of their pending demands and withdrew their agitation only after receiving assurance from the Government that their demands would be fulfilled in the coming days.
While speaking to The Pioneer, Krishna Rawat, State General Secretary, UNSA said that 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. She told that office bearers have also decided to have meeting on Saturday at Doon Hospital for drafting future agitation plan.She cleared that the agitated staff nurses are in the mood of decisive show this time and will withdraw their agitation only once their year long pending demands would be fulfilled by the State Government.