Nurses to go on indefinite strike in Ludhiana from today

Ludhiana, December 15

The health services are likely to be affected as nurses associated with the Punjab Nurses Association, Ludhiana, have announced to go on an indefinite strike from tomorrow onwards. A delegation of the nurses’ association gave a strike notice to the Civil Surgeon here on Wednesday. They are demanding pay parity, allowances and designation of nursing officers.

Manjit Kaur, the association chairperson, said the government had not met their three pending demands. Thus, they were going on strike, she added.

Nurses said they had a meeting with Deputy Chief Minister OP Soni, but it remained inconclusive. The association president, Asha, said all staff nurses, new or old, of the civil hospital, PHCs, SDHs and CHCs would be on strike from Thursday onwards. The association also announced that staff nurses would not perform emergency services during strike. — TNS