Nurses’ stir in Lakeshore hospital ends

Monday, February 13, 2012: The two-week-long strike by nurses’ unions in Lakeshore Hospital ended on Sunday.
The hospital management has revised the salary package for the nursing staff. Minimum wages have been fixed at Rs 8,131. Salary for experienced nurses will be between Rs 11,750 and Rs 14,750 based on experience. The revised salary package will be effective from January 1, 2012.
During the talks initiated by Labour Minister Shibu Baby John to settle the strike, the management and nurses’ union were ready for a compromise. Baby John said the state government would not hold any discussions with hospitals that were not giving minimum wages to nurses. He also said there was no use blaming the government without giving minimum wages to nursing staff.
But the strike continues in MOSC Medical College Hospital in Kolencherry where talks failed again.