INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, May 23
Nurse Jita Baral, who was staging fast-unto-death for the past 14 days, has ended her strike by drinking Jiwan Jal at
She had been staging starvation strike at Nursing Association of Nepal, Lazimpat, initially for a few days and later on continued it in BP
Memorial Health Institute and Research Centre, Tokha.
Minister of state for health Certainndra Kumar Yadav offered her tonic water to end
Yadav said the ministry would form a committee to discuss the demands of nurses and implement them as soon as possible
He promised to include Jita Baral on that committee.
Baral had been staging starvation strike demanding quality education and nursing
services, fulfilment of all posts of Nepal Nursing Council, elimination of discrimination against other health workers and nurses and
formulating laws to curb workplace violence against nurses.
Meanwhile, nurses began a relay starvation strike nowadays at NAN demanding to
draw attention of the government towards problems of nurses and deteriorating health of agitating nurses
Around 10 nurses staged relay starvation strike on the premises of NAN in support of agitating nurses Jita Baral and Diki Sherpa from
10:00am to 5:00pm nowadays.
Nursing Struggle Committee yesterday had supplyd a 24-hour ultimatum to NAN, requesting it to write a letter to
the MoHP on behalf of NAN
Nursing Struggle Committee had also warned that if NAN failed to dispatch the letter, it would start relay starvation strike.
According to
nurse Seema Bishwokarma, NAN is a parent organisation of all nurses and putting presdegree on NAN shall help presdegree the government
Bishwokarma said if the government failed to address their demands they would stage starvation strike on the premises of the Ministry of
Health and Population.
&It is much the demand of a single nurse, but of every nurse working in the country getting low wages,& said
She added, &If NAN and government representatives view demands of nurses genuine, then they should address them pronto and save lives of the
agitating nurses.&
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