Nursing staff protest wait for Covid ex gratia
25.01.2022
New Delhi: Hundreds of nursing staff at various state-run hospitals on Monday wore black ribbons to register their protest over “pending” ex gratia from the Delhi government for eight of their colleagues.
Nursing staff at Lok Nayak, GTB and DDU hospitals, and other Delhi government-run facilities took part in the “peaceful protest” to put forth the demands, said Liladhar Ramchandani, secretary general of Delhi Nurses Federation (DNF).
“It’s been a year since the Delhi govern-ment announced that any doctor, nurse, paramedical staff, sanitation worker and others who die in line of Covid duty, his or her kin will get a compensation of Rs 1 crore. Eight nursing officers have died, but ex gratia is still pending,” he added. There was no immediate response from the government.
In a letter to chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on January 20, DNF demanded that it be paid in seven days or they would go on an agitation. It also listed the names and their hospitals. While four of them were employed at LNJP Hospital, one each was working at DDU, GB Pant and GTB Hospitals, and one with CDMO, Delhi Health Services.
Ramchandani said the protest would continue on Tuesday. If the demand is not met, all nursing officers will come out for two hours from January 27, but it wouldn’t affect patient care, he added.
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