Nurses in Chennai hold protest, demand govt jobs

Hundreds of assistant nurses on Tuesday staged a protest at the Directorate of Medical and Rural Health Services in Chennai's Tenampet, demanding government jobs. Few of the nurses were detained by police before entering the campus.

Chennai (Tamil Nadu):Hundreds of assistant nurses from across the state staged a protest on Tuesday at the Directorate of Medical and Rural Health Services (DMRHS) in Tenampet, Chennai demanding government jobs. Few of the nurses were detained by police before entering the campus and were kept at a nearby marriage hall.

Hearing the detention of fellow protesters hundreds of other nurses sat on dharna and held placards demanding government jobs. "Those who completed the nursing assistant courses were given assurance that they will get government jobs by 2008 and we are not given till 2021," said a nurse.

Another protesting nurse sought fulfilment of demand to induct them in government hospitals as nurses which were promised in 2008. "We came to protest and get the attention of ministers and officials for our jobs. Few of our colleges were detained by Chennai police ahead of our protest. We demand their immediately release and fulfil our demand to induct us in government hospitals as nurses which they promised us way back in 2008," she said.

(ANI)