Sanitation workers at Kalawati Hosp demand testing after sudden death of fellow worker

Delhi | Wednesday | 1st July, 2020

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New Delhi: A sanitation worker at Lady Hardinge-run Kalawati Hospital died on Tuesday, raising the issue of lack of testing among sanitation workers at the hospital. According to Ram Sewak, President of the Sanitation Workers' Union at the hospital, the woman who died was a cleaning worker here. The hospital has around 103 sanitation workers, distributed in three shifts at the hospital. Sanitation workers at various hospitals have complained of not being tested, raising concerns among them. On the other hand, Ram Sewak has written to the hospital authorities demanding a week off for the workers..