For mother-in-law,CM Chavan calls govt nurses home

Nurses at Mumbais government-run Cama and Albless Hospital went on a three-hour strike Monday morning after three nurses were called to look after Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavans mother-in-law at his home. The nurses union said the hospital got a letter on October 6 asking for three nurses to be sent to the CMs official residence. The union said he should have hired private nurses.

Union leader Kamala Vaykole said the strike was withdrawn after the hospital superintendent assured them that the nurses would not be sent.

We have written to CM …Why should government nurses be sent to a ministers residence? We oppose the move, Vaykole said.

Dr T P Lahane,dean of JJ group of hospitals which administers Cama,said the nurses were sent only for four days until Sunday as CMs nurse was on leave,and the protest was unnecessary and unethical.

Chavan has refused to comment while a note issued by the CMs Secretariat said the nurses were sent without his knowledge.