Students, resident docs step in for striking nurses
Hindustan TimesMUMBAI : Nurses and class 3 hospital staff in state-run hospitals joined government employees in a collective strike on Thursday demanding the implementation of the Old Pension Scheme. In Mumbai, JJ Hospital, Grant Medical College, GT Hospital, St George Hospital, Gokuldas Tejpal Hospital and Cama and Albless Hospital faced shortage, as around 5,000 nurses went off duty, said Manisha Shinde, president of the Maharashtra State Nurses Association. Some employees wore black bands and worked.” Shazia Ansari, a student of paramedics who was working in the neurology ward of JJ Hospital on Thursday, said, “My duty hours have been stretched today. Dr Tushar Palve, superintendent of Cama Hospital said that around 180 to 200 nurses were on strike; and the shortfall was made up for by nursing students and resident doctors.