Doctors, nurses boycott Covid-19 duties at GMERS

  • | Thursday | 13th May, 2021

On International Nurses Day, the GMERS Nurses Association at GMERS Medical College and Hospital, Gotri too joined the doctors of the hospital in their strike to press for their long pending demands. The United Nurses Forum (UNF) at state-run SSG Hospital on the other hand has threatened to go on strike from May 18.

 Healthcare workers in the forefront of the battle against Covid-19 have started protests across Gujarat. After the 24 hours ultimatum given by it to the state government ended on Wednesday, the GMERS Faculty Association, the body of faculty members of all the eight GMERS Medical Colleges of the state, boycotted Covid-19 duties from Wednesday noon.
On International Nurses Day, the GMERS Nurses Association at GMERS Medical College and Hospital, Gotri too joined the doctors of the hospital in their strike to press for their long pending demands. The United Nurses Forum (UNF) at state-run SSG Hospital on the other hand has threatened to go on strike from May 18.

With both doctors and nurses at Gotri medical college going on strike and abstaining from Covid-19 duties, most of the work was performed by resident doctors, interns and nursing students.

“Despite our continuous representations, the state government has taken no concrete steps to end our woes. We have been hearing assurances since the last ten years,” said Dr Hiren Prajapati, president of GMERS Faculty Association.

Doctors and nurses of GMERS are demanding proper promotion policy, government contribution to PF, allowances as given to government employees and arrears that they have not received even after the implementation of seventh pay commission.

They are also demanding that the state government should fill up the vacant posts and increase the strength of permanent staff members to ensure that GMERS medical colleges run smoothly.

The nursing staff at SSG Hospital wore black ribbons and staged a demonstration outside the office of medical superintendent.

“We have already given a memorandum to the chief minister and deputy chief minister with demand to provide us central government pay scale and specific allowances. We have also demanded that the government should stop outsourcing and contractual system and we should be paid at least Rs 30,000 to Rs 35,000 per month. We have also demanded an increase in the stipend of nursing students,” said Deepkamal Vyas, president of UNF.


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