“They (the nurses) have called off their strike and have joined their duties,” said Dr. Randeep Guleria, director of AIIMS. The Delhi Nurses Union AIIMS called off its strike Tuesday evening after a meeting with hospital administration, hours after the Delhi High Court prevented it from continuing its agitation. On …
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The AIIMS nursing union went on strike on Monday over wage commission and hiring disputes New Delhi: Nurses from Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Education (AIIMS) called off their strike on Tuesday evening, after a meeting with hospital administration and hours after the Delhi High Court said they could …
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Written by Ashna Butani, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 15, 2020 6:21:24 pm Members of the AIIMS Nurses Union raise slogans during their indefinite strike in New Delhi (Photo PTI / Atul Yadav) (PTI15-12-2020_000098A) Around 5,000 AIIMS nurses have been in indefinite strike since Monday …
Read More »Delhi High Court ends AIIMS nurses’ strike, issues notice
The head of AIIMS, Professor Randeep Guleria, had asked the nurses to desist from the strike in view of Covid. New Delhi: The indefinite nurses’ strike at Delhi’s prestigious All-India Institute of Medical Sciences cannot continue, the High Court said today after the hospital sought legal help to end it. …
Read More »Inside the AIIMS ward in Delhi, patients are left alone while nurses strike
Inside AIIMS New Delhi after the nurses union called a strike this afternoon. New Delhi: A critical patient ward in the country’s largest medical center, AIIMS, appears empty: there are only patients and their assistants, but no nurses. The nurses have gone on an indefinite strike citing 23 long-standing demands, …
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