Lahore nurses sit-in heading to a major medical staff movement

The nurses of the government hospitals in different cities of the province of Punjab on Saturday morning also stopped working in support of the ad-hoc sit-in nurses, who yesterday were subjected to police baton charge and wanton arrests, Geo News reported.

Sources said that the Rawalpindi Allied Hospital and Holy Family Hospital emergency nurses observing protest strike stayed away from their duties causing immense problem for the patients. Nurses in Multan are on protest observing strike for the last five days, while the attendants of the patients in Children Complex irked by the protest strike of nurses staged demo. Faisalabad Civil, Allied Hospitals and Faisalabad Institute of Cardiology OPDs nurses are also observing strike and staged sit-in for a while outside the hospital affecting the traffic flow. Vehari, Bhakkar nurses staged protest, while the nurses of Bhawalnagar District Headquarter Hospital and Bhawalpur Victoria Hospital staged sit-in outside the hospitals. Besides, Rahimyar Khan Sheikh Zaid Hospital nurses are also observing strike.