Kerala private sector nurses’ strike disrupts hospital services in Kozhikode

Functioning of large backstage hospitals successful Kozhikode, Kerala, was disrupted connected Monday pursuing a onslaught telephone by members of the United Nurses Association (UNA) seeking amended wage and different benefits.

The onslaught is portion of a Statewide agitation being held by the UNA. Though the Kerala authorities precocious revised the wage operation of nurses moving successful backstage hospitals, the UNA claimed that definite hospitals were not consenting to instrumentality it.

In Kozhikode, the onslaught affected services astatine large hospitals specified arsenic Baby Memorial Hospital (BMH), wherever a ample fig of nursing unit stayed distant from work. A conception of the nursing unit besides staged a protestation extracurricular the BMH claiming that the UNA functionaries were threatened and abused by the absorption representatives. UNA territory functionary Jishnu Ashok alleged that immoderate of the precocious joined nursing unit were locked up wrong rooms and forced to articulation duty.

The UNA functionaries besides claimed that the onslaught was implicit successful different metropolis hospitals specified arsenic Iqraa Hospital, Aster MIMS Hospital, Meitra Hospital, Fathima Hospital, Malabar Hospitals, and Red Crescent Hospital, Feroke, and Santhi Hospital, Omassery.

Reliance connected auxiliary staff

According to sources, immoderate of the hospitals are depending connected auxiliary nursing unit to negociate the concern arsenic captious procedures specified arsenic large surgeries scheduled for the time cannot beryllium postponed.

The striking nurses besides staged a dharna extracurricular the District Collectorate. Minister for Public Works and Tourism P.A. Mohamed Riyas, who was passing by the Collectorate premises connected his mode to unfastened the widened Mananchira-Vellimadukunnu Road, was booed by immoderate protesters.

Mr. Ashok said the protestation would proceed successful the coming days if their demands are not met.

Meanwhile, territory leaders of the Kerala Private Hospitals Association said nary talks were being held astatine contiguous to lick the crisis.