Source: Hueiyen News Service / Daniel Kamei
Tamenglong, August 27 2010:
The Trained Nurses Association Tamenglong on Friday shutdown the District Hospital's OPD indefinitely in protest against the transfer of seven nurses from the District Hospital without replacements and demanding an early completion of quarters for nurses and doctors in Tamenglong district HQs.
The OPD was closed down today.
But doctors and nurses accepted emergency cases in the Casualty.
Inspite of a shortage of manpower in the District Hospital the state government has transferred seven nurses from the district hospital without replacements.
'I am also among the transferred nurses but on seeing the shortage of nurses I cannot leave the District Hospital', said senior nurse, Aphang during a meeting with K Panmei, IAS, Deputy Commissioner Tamenglong, Joseph Pauline, MCS ADM Tamenglong, Dirang Gangmei, EE DRDA, Doctors and Nurses at District Hospital Tamenglong in connection with the indefinite strike.
It may be mentioned that the Nurses Association Tamenglong had served an ultimatum to the Deputy Commissioner Tamengong on 1st July 2010 to complete the construction of quarters for Nurses and Doctors in Tamenglong District by 31st July 2010.However, on the request of the Deputy Commissioner Tamengong the nurse association postponed the deadline to 16 August 2010 .
The Deputy Commissioner Tamenglong and team today requested the Nurses Association Tamenglong to stop the indefinite strike and also explained the problem of the delay in the construction works but could not convince them.
He said that the DRDA has served a show cause notice to the concerned contractor.
He said that the works will be taken up by DRDA.
The strike will be continued tomorrow and normal work may resume on Monday.
It is also worth mentioning here that under SPA funds the concerned contractor had drawn a sum of Rs.36,31, 657 lakhs for constructing one Barrack type, two Type- IV Qtrs worth Rs.13,56,980 Lakh and two Type- III Qtrs worth Rs.11,17,501 lakhs in the last part of 2008.The work is still incomplete.