Day after protest, pvt hosp sacks nursing staff

Ludhiana: A day after the nursing staff of SPS Hospitals held a protest in support of their demands, including release of their increments, they complained on Monday that the hospital management has terminated the services of protesting members and asked them to come with apology letters to rejoin their services.
The aggrieved nursing staff, however, went a step further during the day and submitted a memorandum listing their demands to the deputy commissioner’s office.
A nursing staff member Uzair Aalam said they went to join their duties, but the hospital management told their representative that their services have been terminated. So, later they approached the DC, who told them to wait for a day, so that he could talk to the hospital.
However, on their return, they were again asked to write apologies and wait for two days, after which they would decide whether they would be taken back. They were also told that in any case, 50% of the nursing staff would be terminated.
According to the nursing staff, half of their colleagues have already given apology letters, whereas others have not. They, however, demanded that even if they are being terminated, they should be given experience certificates.
The hospital management, on the other hand, claimed that the nursing staff members had refused to do Covid-related duties, a claim that was strongly refuted by the staff members.
Medical superintendent of the hospital Dr Rajiv Kundra said, “They are giving apology letters, because they know they are at fault and not the hospital. It is a pandemic situation, but they had refused to do Covid duties. Many have given apology letters and the management is considering them. But the nuisance creators may have to be sacked.”