Nurses of government colleges and hospitals continued to protest for the second day across the state against the government’s decision to appoint nurses from private colleges in government hospitals.
When talks between senior health officials and the nurses failed, the authorities declared that the government nursing colleges would be closed for a week.
Following the order, the nurses of the government nursing colleges vacated their hostel rooms and headed home.
In a government order of January 18, the state had decided that “in future, all vacant posts of nurses in all government medical institutions shall be filled up from among the trained nurses both in the government institutions and government-approved private nursing institutions” on the basis of an examination that is to be conducted by the Medical Services Recruitment Board. Nurses of government medical colleges and hospitals had objected to this and have been staging a demonstration against the order.
The nurses went on a hunger strike on Tuesday night. Thousands of nurses in the city also refused to leave their hostels and staged a sit-in on Wednesday.
The protestors did not heed the request of Dr. Kanagasabai, dean of Madras Medical College, to end their protest.
Following this, thge state health secretary, Dr. Girija Vaidhyanathan, ordered that the 22 nursing colleges across the state be closed for one week.
Nurses of government colleges and hospitals continued to protest for the second day across the state against the government’s decision to appoint nurses from private colleges in government hospitals.
When talks between senior health officials and the nurses failed, the authorities declared that the government nursing colleges would be closed for a week.
Following the order, the nurses of the government nursing colleges vacated their hostel rooms and headed home.
In a government order of January 18, the state had decided that “in future, all vacant posts of nurses in all government medical institutions shall be filled up from among the trained nurses both in the government institutions and government-approved private nursing institutions” on the basis of an examination that is to be conducted by the Medical Services Recruitment Board. Nurses of government medical colleges and hospitals had objected to this and have been staging a demonstration against the order.
The nurses went on a hunger strike on Tuesday night. Thousands of nurses in the city also refused to leave their hostels and staged a sit-in on Wednesday.
The protestors did not heed the request of Dr. Kanagasabai, dean of Madras Medical College, to end their protest.
Following this, thge state health secretary, Dr. Girija Vaidhyanathan, ordered that the 22 nursing colleges across the state be closed for one week.
