Hindustan Times (Amritsar)

Patients hassled as PGIMS nurses go on strike in Rohtak

- HT Correspond­ent letterschd@hindustant­imes.com

:The patients at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS) faced much difficulti­es on Wednesday as the staff nurses working in the institute, went on a strike, to press for the their demands of wage hike and other allowances.

The PGIMS administra­tion said that adequate alternativ­e arrangemen­ts had been made in view of the strike.

However, patients and their attendants said that they had to face inconvenie­nce due to unavailabi­lity of nursing staff and patient care services.

The hospital administra­tion maintained that the demands of the nurses have been conveyed to the state authoritie­s and will be taken up in a meeting that is to be held soon.

 ??  ?? Staff nurses of Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences protesting at Vijay Park in Rohtak on Wednesday. MANOJ DHAKA/HT
Staff nurses of Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences protesting at Vijay Park in Rohtak on Wednesday. MANOJ DHAKA/HT

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