Nurses stage dharna against poor hostel facilities

She said that on their arrival here the nurses were shocked to find that no proper arrangement had been made for their stay and for their food. While some occupied rooms in guest houses, others had to stay put with their relatives. A paltry sum of Rs 15, she said, had been decided to be paid to each trainee by way of daily allowance and there was no provision for dinner and breakfast to the trainees.

The PNA leader said that 17 nurses had been lodged in one dilapidated room at the back of the staff nurses hostel. The PNA had taken up the matter with Minister of State for Health Inderjit Singh Zira who had in turn spoken to the managing director of the corporation. The MD had spoken to the medical college authorities to make suitable arrangements for the stay of the trainees.