ROHTAK, June 18: Notwithstanding the tall claims of Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences that nearly 200 nursing sisters and nurses have resumed duty, the medical services in the hospital continue to remain paralysed.The nurses appointed on contract basis lack experience while those who have joined duty have sympathy with striking nurses. This is hampering the normal function of the hospital, said a doctor.Even as the patients wait in silence for ``proper care'', the nurses and government have adopted hard postures.The hospital authorities are more concerned about the nurses' strike and are paying little attention to the patients, said a doctor on the condition of anonymity.The patients complain that there are no nurses to attend to them and that they ``are left at the mercy of God''.Even the patients who have undergone surgery continue to remain in a state of neglect. Ram Kishan Malik, a former HCS officer, who is convalescing in Room number 18 of ward number 1 says ``No nurse has ever visited my room to change the bed sheet.No nurse comes to give me medicine.'' Malik, with his right leg fractured continues to lie in his hospital bed waiting for someone to come and attend to him.Rajeev, 15-year-old student of Class Eight was admitted on May 19 for fracture of neck. He is yet to be operated though a month has passed.KURUKSHETRA: In a show of solidarity with the agitating nurses the Sarv Karamchari Sangh, Haryana, alongwith the non-teaching employees of the Kurukshetra University, organised a massive rally at the local Loknayak Jai Prakash Narain Hospital here today.Addressing the impressive gathering, local member of Parliament Kailash Saini and local MLA Ashok Kumar Gauba assured the striking nurses to raise their cause in the Lok Sabha and the Vidhan Sabha respectively.Sarv Karam Sangh, Haryana District secretary Mahavir Prasad Dahiya claimed that the Sangh would gherao the Chief Minister on June 25 if the demands of the striking nurses and the state employees are not met by the Haryana government till then. The employees also strongly criticised the enhanced power tariff in the state.KARNAL: The striking nurses along with some members of the Sarv Karmchari Sangh took out a procession in support of their demands here on Wednesday. They raised anti-government slogans and later burnt the effigy of Chief Minister Bansi Lal.KAITHAL: The striking nurses of the district today blocked traffic for about an hour. They also burnt an effigy of Chief Minister Bansi Lal after taking out a procession in the town and shouting slogans against the government. They handed over a charter of demands to Deputy Commissioner Jaiwanti Sheokand.BHIWANI: The nurses took out a procession to seek the support of the people in the fulfillment of their demands. They submitted a memorandum of their demands to the Deputy Commissioner. The members of the Sarv Karamchari Sangh, who are lending support to the cause of the nurses, accompanied the procession.
