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UP staff strike hits medical services
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UP staff strike hits medical services, UP employees unions threatened that it would gradually stall various medical services in the state-run hospitals and institutes as their strike entered its seventh day on Monday if their demands are not met by the state government.
Lucknow, Nov 18 : UP employees unions threatened that it would gradually stall various medical services in the state-run hospitals and institutes as their strike entered its seventh day on Monday if their demands are not met by the state government. The ophthalmology department were made to shut down its services by the employees across the state keeping up with their earlier announcement.
A union leader told that they would forbid sate-run hospitals from conducting any eye tests from now on and added from November 19th all out-patient departments (OPDs) will also be affected as their staff join the strike.
The leader added that "pathology departments and all nurses unions will join the strike respectively from from Nov 20 and Nov 21."
However the Health Minister Ahmad Hasan said the state government will not, under any circumstance, give in to the unjust demands of the state employees.
The Akhilesh Yadav-led state government is also contemplating on invoking of the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA).
Rajiv Kumar, principal secretary (Appointments), said while efforts were on to "make striking employees see reason and return to work, the option of ESMA is wide open".
Principal Secretary (Health) Pravir Kumar said alternate arrangements were being made to ensure that the strike does not affect medical services in the state-run hospitals and medical facilities.
Principal Secretary (Commercial Tax) Beeresh Kumar said since the revenue collection was largely online and e-payment facilities were available, there was no revenue loss to the government due to the strike.
However, officials admitted that due to the strike, work at sub-district offices have been badly hit and that work of registration of properties has been affected.
Prisons Minister Rajendra Chowdhary, who is also the state spokesman of the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP), said the state government was ready for talks with the striking employees.
"The striking employees must trust the honesty and goodwill of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav for them and must return to work," he said in a statement.
Striking employees' leaders said there was no official communication from the state government and that they would settle for nothing short of a direct meeting with the chief minister.
Rajya Karmachari Adhikar Manch president Ajay Singh told that the unions were not averse to discussions but the government must make an honest move in this direction.
"During the rule of Mulayam Singh Yadav too, he had patiently heard out our problems and we had withdrawn our strike," Ajay Singh recalled.
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