GUWAHATI: The nurses at the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) and Jorhat Medical College and Hospital (JMCH) are at strike from 26 November. This indefinite strike has majorly affected the health services in the state.
Reportedly, a pregnant woman died in Jorhat Medical College Hospital (JMCH) following a delay in surgery due to the lack of nurses in the hospital and another young girl died in a similar incident at a Sivasagar hospital.
It is also to be mentioned that the police has detained as many as 100 nurses who were on strike at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) for the past two days.
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Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Pijush Hazarika, called a meeting with the protesters to solve their problems in Assam Secretariat, Dispur.
The All Assam Nurses Association (AANA) has been demanding 'same post same salary' for a long time now.
