New Delhi: The AIIMS Nurses Union went on an indefinite strike from Monday over their long-pending demands, including those with regard to the Sixth Central Pay Commission and against contractual appointments, even as AIIMS director appealed them to call off their agitation and return to work.
As around 5,000 nurses went on strike from the afternoon hampering patient care services at the premier hospital, AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria in a video message termed the strike in the time of pandemic as “inappropriate and unfortunate”.
“I appeal to all the nurses and nursing officers not to go on strike, and not to make us feel embarrassed about the dignity that we have as far as the nurses are concerned.
“I, therefore, appeal to all of you to come back and work and really help us get through this pandemic,” he said in an emotional message.
The strike was earlier scheduled to start from December 16.
Guleria said the nurses union had put in 23 demands and almost all of them have been met by the AIIMS administration and the government.
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