Kasargod hospital evicts six striking nurses from hostel

Thiruvananthapuram: Private hospitals have began disciplinary action against nurses who are on a strike demanding a pay hike, with Arumana Hospital in Kasargod on Wednesday evicting six nurses on strike from the hostel.

The nurses who have been expelled have been identified as Usha, Latha, Sreeja, Suchitra, Liya and Princy. Hospital authorities announced the expulsion from the hostel through a notice pasted on the notice board. Hospital authorities claimed that the nurses were expelled from the hostel for not obeying the time schedule of the hostel. However, nurses claimed that they were expelled as a vengeance of the management against the nurses.

Meanwhile, Indian Nurses’ Association (INA) and United Nurses’ Association (UNA) has decided to go ahead with the total strike planned from Monday even as Health Minister K K Shyalaja, urged the nurses to withdraw their strike in view of the fever outbreak  in the state. Nurses will boycott all duties in the hospital other than emergencies.