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Pressing on their 24-point demands, round about 60,000 employees of the state health department, who are working in different cadres and posted in different health care institutions, went on indefinite strike on Tuesday. As their valuable services contribute to the doctors’ job in providing medical treatment to the patients, this strike has paralyzed the health services all over the state, claimed Chhattisgarh Pradesh Swasthya Karmachari Sangh (CPSKS) which gave the strike call.
Every type of service came to a grinding halt in all the medical college hospitals, district hospitals, civil hospitals, community health centres, primary health centres, sub-health centres, and the health and wellness centres.In course of the strike the employees assembled at their respective district headquarters and raised slogans from 11 am to 3 pm.
In the state capital Raipur, the employees from Dr BR Ambedkar Memorial Hospital, Government Dental College and DKS Superspecialty Hospital assembled in the premises of Dr BR Ambedkar Memorial Hospital and expressed their dissatisfaction with the state government for indifference with their long pending demands.
CPSKS Vice President SP Dewangan, General Secretary Ashwini Gurdekar while focusing on the long list of pending demands reminded about the promise in Congress election manifesto.
CPSKS has however not changed its humane face as on the instructions from the association authorities the employees working for oxygen and water supplies, electricity, operation theatres, trauma units, intensive care units continued with their duties. The association placed visibly banners outside the hospitals through which it solicited apology from the common people. The association has warned that in case of non-fulfilment of the demands entire health services of the state government will come on halt.
