After high drama, GMERS doctors, nurses end strike

Vadodara: The GMERS Faculty Association on Friday ended its strike after the intervention of state home minister Pradipsinh Jadeja.
The medical doctors at GMERS medical colleges across the state including GMERS Medical College and Hospital, Gotri resumed both Covid and non-Covid duties from Friday morning itself.
Earlier, high drama had unfolded at Gandhinagar, where a couple of office-bearers of the association were allegedly detained by the cops at GMERS Gandhinagar campus.
The association had alleged that cops were illegally using provisions of the Epidemic Act to threaten them and pressurize them to end the strike.
Later, the protesting doctors had a meeting with Jadeja late on Thursday night after which Jadeja assured that all the pending problems of GMERS medical staff will be addressed.
“All our eight basic demands which were not being addressed since the last seven years have been resolved with state home minister’s intervention,” said Dr Hiren Prajapati, president of GMERS Faculty Association, a body of faculty members of all eight GMERS medical colleges in the state.
Doctors and nurses of GMERS were demanding proper promotion policy, government contribution to PF, allowances as given to government employees and arrears that they have not received after implementation of 7th Pay Commission.
They had also demanded filling up vacant posts and increasing strength of permanent staff members.