Odisha NHM Director Asks Striking Staff Nurses To Resume Duty In 24 Hrs

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Bhubaneswar: Mission Director of National Health Mission (NHM), Odisha, Shalini Pandit today asked the agitating Staff Nurses to end their strike and join duty within 24 hours.

Pandit also gave stern instruction that disciplinary proceedings would be taken against the contractual Nurses who failed to resume their duty in said time.

Speaking to media persons here on Saturday, Pandit said, “The Health Minister has already assured the agitating Staff Nurses to redress their grievances soon. However, some Staff Nurses refused to call off their stir affecting the health services in the state. Hence, we asked them to join duty within 24 hours.”

“The Government will take disciplinary proceedings, if they failed to resume their duty. We will even terminate their contracts, if necessary. ” she warned.

Healthcare in all government hospitals across the state including Cuttack’s SCB Hospital, Burla’s VSS Medical College and Berhampur’s MKCG Hospital got severely affected as over thousands of Staff Nurses staged cease work protest from December 18.

The Charter of demands of the Staff Nurses, recruited under NHM, include regularisation of jobs, up gradation of pay structure and equal pay for equal work with their counterparts working at the state government establishments etc.