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How Empty Promises Led to the Pitiable Condition of Indian Nurses As COVID-19 raged, nurses are being described as COVID warriors and salutes coming in from all quarters. Those employing military terminology should know that an army does not merely live on salutes, so are nurses. Nurses treat a COVID-19 patient at a hospital in Varanasi, Wednesday, May 12, 2021. Photo: PTI Labour4 hours ago It wasnât until #InternationalNursesDay, on May 12, that Prime Minister Narendra Modi thought to tweet to specifically thank Indiaâs âhardworking nursing staff, who is at the forefront of fighting COVID-19â. It was a lukewarm message, compared to the last time when he had thanked nurses (as opposed to all healthcare workers) on May 12 one year earlier. ....
Watch: What India s Nurses Need From Us to Fight the War on COVID-19 In conversation with Usha Krishna Kumar, president of the Nurses Welfare Association of India. Video10/May/2021 It is time we ask why can’t we value our nurses like defence personnel in the war against COVID-19? Â Even before the pandemic hit, those in the nursing profession in India were underpaid, over-worked, treated with too little respect. As a result, it is critically under-staffed across the country. Now, as millions of Indians are reeling under the pressure of the second wave of the pandemic, those nurses are the ones helping save lives. Nurses are the ones who are administering vaccine shots. They are making visits to patients in home isolation. As a result, it is putting them on the brink of physical, emotional and psychological breakdown. ....
Around 50,000 North MCD Employees Announce Indefinite Strike Over Salary Delays FOLLOW US ON: Civic services in the capital s northern parts may come to a halt as around 50,000 employees including nurses, paramedical, technical, teaching and sanitation staff of the North Municipal Corporation of Delhi (North MCD) have decided to go on an infinite strike from Thursday over persistent delay in their salary disbursal. Employee leaders have said that they have informed the corporation about their decision and will cease their services in the area they have been deputed. However, the junior and senior doctors have not yet announced their participation in the protest. ....
North MCD employees announce indefinite strike over no salaries By IANS | Published on Wed, Jan 6 2021 23:06 IST | 0 Views
New Delhi: Doctors and nurses of Hindu Rao Hospital protest alleging non-payment of salaries over the last few months, in New Delhi on Oct 10, 2020. . Image Source: IANS News New Delhi, Jan 6 : Civic services in the capital s northern parts may come to a halt as around 50,000 employees including nurses, paramedical, technical, teaching and sanitation staff of the North Municipal Corporation of Delhi (North MCD) have decided to go on an infinite strike from Thursday over persistent delay in their salary disbursal. Employee leaders told IANS that they have informed the corporation about their decision and will cease their services in the area they have been deputer. However, the junior and senior doctors have not yet announced their participation in the protest. ....