Nurses’ strike: High-level meeting today

Wednesday, February 29, 2012: A high-level meeting chaired by State Health Minister Adoor Prakash and Labour Minister Shibu Baby John would be held in Thiruvananthapuram today to resolve the problems faced by the Kerala nurses.
The representatives of the nurses’ associations and Medical college hospital managements are expected to take part in the meeting, sources said.
The high-level meeting has been called in the backdrop of the recent strikes staged by the nurses demanding better wages, which had affected the functioning of the hospitals and caused inconvenience to the ailing patients.