They won't work nor allow anyone else to: AIIMS on nurses strike

Questioning the intent of protesting nurses of All India Institute of Medical Sciences AIIMS who are currently on an indefinite strike the hospital administration alleged on Tuesday that the nurses neither want to work nor would allow anyone else to work as nursing staff in the hospitalThe administration also defended its decision of hiring nurses on contract basis as a part of their contingency plan to deal with the strike call by the nurses union of the hospitalWe have no plans of outsourcing nursing It was only when they decided to go on strike and did not listen to reason that in the last two days we made contingency plans According to them neither will they work nor allow anyone else to work the statement by the hospital readAround 5000 nurses of the premier health institute advanced their indefinite strike on Monday after they got to know that the institute has started to hire nursing officers on contract basis The strike which started on Monday afternoon was scheduled to be observed from Wednesday among a long list of demands including clarity on salary structure and a freeze on hiring on contractThe nurses union of AIIMS had said that the decision by the hospital to start contractual hiring forced them to preempt their strike It further said that the decision has come as shock to the whole paramedical staffWe had clearly stated in our demands that we dont want to be handed over to the private agencies which would keep us on contractual terms of employment Despite this the administration acted against it This is why we have started our strike ahead of our schedule said Harish Kumar president nurses union of AIIMS told IANSThe nurses of the Centrerun hospital had communicated to the AIIMS administration that they will go on the indefinite strike from Wednesday as their long list of pending demands which include include correction of an anomaly in the fixation of the initial pay as per the Sixth Central Pay Commission CPC redressal of issues such as abolishing of genderbased reservation in the recruiting process of nursing officers and contractual appointments enhancement of hospital accommodation and cadre restructuringHowever the emergency services at the premier hospital have taken a hit and critical care patients have been abandoned in view of the ongoing strike To control the situation the administration had asked all the junior resident and senior doctors to double up for the nurses who are currently on agitationMeanwhile the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare MoHFW has directed the hospital administration to end the ongoing strike immediately It had also threatened that noncompliance of its direction would be treated as an offence and action against the violators would be taken as per the lawKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever