Services at AIIMS are likely to be hit tomorrow as around 5,000 nurses of the premier hospital plan to go on mass casual leave to protest against the “discrimination” by the Seventh Central Pay Commission. The AIIMS Nurses‘ Union has also threatened to go on an indefinite strike from March 27 if their demands for revision of their pay scales and a hike in allowances are not met.
“We deal with the deadly infections daily but we are not provided enough risk allowance. If the demands are not met, we will go on an indefinite strike from March 27,” Kajla added. The association further claimed that the AIIMS management despite giving assurances has not addressed their issues for over a year.
“On the assurance give by the management in a meeting regarding recommendation of enhanced pay scale, the Nurses’ Union had withdrawn the agitation called upon by the All India Nurses Union and subsequently withdrawn the mass casual leave called on February 26, 2016. “The AIIMS Nurses’ Union was patiently waiting for the last one year for the fulfillment of the promises made by the administration but our demands went into deaf ears. Despite repeated representations, the administration has shown no mood to address the issue raised by the Union,” Kajla claimed.