PMCH para medical employees call of strike

Patna, April 21, 2017: Contractual para medical employees of the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) called off their indefinite strike on Friday evening while strike continued at Nalanda Medical College and Hospital.

PMCH para medical employees called off their strike on an assurance given to them by the state health director-in chief Dr Azad Hind Prasad that there demands would be considered.

But the effect of the strike was witnessed through out the day as 23 operations were cancelled in NMCH while 61 operations were postponed in the PMCH.

Earlier, para medical employees took out a procession and staged demonstration before NMCH superintendent office.

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Contractual para medical employees of PMCH and NMCH go on indefinite strike

Patna, April 19, 2017: Contractual para medical employees of Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) and Nalanda Medical College and Hospital (NMCH) went on indefinite strike from Wednesday demanding equal play for equal work and regularisation of their service.

The strike has badly affected the normal functioning of these two hospitals as 29 operations in NMCH and 31 operations in  PMCH have been postponed.

The strike will hamper the normal functioning of the hospitals in the days to come as lab technicians, operation theater assistants, X-ray technicians, pharmacists and dressers have joined the strike.

In PMCH, nurses finally came to rescue of the penitents for dressings. However, nurses did the dressings of female patients only.

Bihar Rajya Chikitsya Evm Janswasth Karmachari Sangh general secretary Vishwanath Singh said the strike was successful.

Para Medical Employees Association president Surjeet said they have been opposing government move to start fresh appointments retrenching the old employees, who have been working for the last 10 years.

"We have struck work in 2015 also and at that time government has assured us that services of contractual employees will be regularised but nothing has been done in this regard till now", he said.

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Para medical employees on war path

Patna, April 15, 2017: Bihar Chikitsya Evam Jan Swasthya Karmachari Sangh members took out a rally and staged demonstration before Nalanda Medical College and Hosiptal (NMCH) superintendent office on Saturday demanding regularisation of services of contractual employees.

They submitted a memorandum of demands addressed to principal secretary, health department, to NMCH superintendent.

The agitating para medical employees said that they would go on indefinite strike from April 19, if their demands were not met.

They said they had been working in contract for the last 10 years and government had not taken any initiative to regularise their services as per norms.

Phoro: Aftab Alam Siddiqui