
Nurses protest at Dharna Chowk
The Hindu
Nurses recruited to government hospitals on outsourcing basis when the pandemic had hit last year, protested at Dharna Chowk near Indira Park on Thursday, demanding regular service or continuation of
Nurses recruited to government hospitals on outsourcing basis when the pandemic had hit last year, protested at Dharna Chowk near Indira Park on Thursday, demanding regular service or continuation of contract for one more year. The 1,640 nurses had started their protest 10 days ago alleging that some of them were asked not to attend duties any more. The nurses were recruited to various tertiary care hospitals on outsourcing basis for a period of one year (from April 1, 2020, to March 30 this year.
On December 23, the newly elected office bearers of the Anna Nagar Towers Club, led by its president ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, who is a former MLA, met with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin and conveyed their greetings. According to a press release, besides, ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, the Anna Nagar Towers Club delegation that met Stalin at Anna Arivalayam, the DMK Party headquarters, included vice-president R. Sivakumar, secretary R. Muralibabu, joint secretary D. Manojkumar, treasurer K. Jayachandran and executive committee members N. D. Avinash, K. Kumar, N. R. Madhurakavi, K. Mohan, U. Niranjan, S. Parthasarathi, K. Rajasekar, S. Rajasekar, M. S. Ramesh, R. Satheesh, N. C. Venkatesan and K. Yuvaraj. Karthik Mohan, deputy secretary of DMK’s Information Technology Wing, was present on the occasion.












