Nurses on mass leave

Dehradun: Nurses of all government hospitals in Uttarakhand went on mass casual leave to protest the Seventh Pay Commission recommendations here today.

“We have extended our support to the agitation launched by the All India Government Nurses Federation. Some of us will also participate in a march in New Delhi,” said Anjana Bhowmick, president of the Uttarakhand Staff Nurses Service Association.

The nurses have been demanding enhancement of the entry pay grade to Rs 5,400 from the existing Rs 4,600. They are also demanding increase in nursing allowance, risk allowance and night duty allowance.

In case the government does not pay heed to their demands, the All India Government Nurses Federation has threatened to go on an indefinite stir from March 16.—TNS