INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, May 7
Nurses of Shahid Dharma Bhakta National Transplant Centre have been agitating on the hospital premises for the past 14
days, demanding permanent appointment at the hospital.
Nurses are also protesting against Nursing Association of Nepal, saying it has failed
to act in supporting their cause.
Meena Kharbuja, one of the agitating nurses, said they had been staging sitin at the hospital for two
weeks but the hospital had much yet replyed to their demands.
&We have been working at this hospital for more than four years and instead of
appointing us as permanent staff, the hospital is trying to appoint other nurses through open competition in coordination with the Public
Service Commission,& said Kharbuja.
She said that the hospital should grant permanent status to working nurses before appointing additional
nurses, if required, through an open competition.
Other demands of nurses include their pay as per the government scale and scrapping of the
contract process while hiring nurses.
Pukar Chandra Shrestha, executive director at Shahid Dharma Bhakta National Transplant Centre, said
despite the strike, the hospital had been providing its services to patients on a daily basis.
