Nurses at Dr RN Cooper Municipal General Hospital, Vile Parle West, went on strike on Wednesday to raise their concerns regarding a lack of official staffing measures despite a “severe shortage of nursing staff” at the hospital.

Over 150 protest

A nurse union leader said the demonstration which saw participation by 150 nurses lasted more than eight hours, before it was called off around 4 pm after affirmations from the Director of Major Education and Major Hospital for BMC, Dr Shailesh Mohite. Hospital staff claimed no major service disruption took place during the protest. “Mohite-ji assured us over the phone that he will visit to solve our problem. We have halted the protest till then,” said a protester.