Strike by ambulance workers in UP enters 3rd day, 570 staffers terminated


Posted August 1, 2021 by ZiqitzaHealthcare

Ziqitza Healthcare Limited (ZHL), the agency that has been given the contract of operating 250 Advance Life Support (ALS) ambulances

 
The strike of ambulance workers in Uttar Pradesh continued for a third day on Wednesday amid a stand-off between their union and the state's health department.
The agency tasked with running the ambulances, GVK EMRI, has terminated the services of at least 570 contractual workers in the last two days for “indiscipline”. Over 19,000 ambulance workers are on indefinite strike, leaving around 4,600 ambulances stranded in 75 districts. Just four to five ambulances are operating in each district to cater to emergency cases.
The union representing the ambulance workers is demanding permanent jobs for all the employees of 102 (emergency ambulance) and 102 (maternity ambulance service).
Meanwhile, the Ziqitza Healthcare Limited (ZHL), the agency that has been given the contract of operating 250 Advance Life Support (ALS) ambulances said that the most of the demands being raised by the on-strike ambulance staffers are directed towards National Health Mission (NHM) and the state government regarding regularization of jobs. “The only demand directed towards ZHL is regarding recruitment of the ALS ambulance staff in the state, for which we have sent out multiple notices, newspaper ads time and again to the ambulance unions for participating in the recruitment process. Also, experienced ALS ambulance staffers, employed by previous service provider GVK EMRI, are being given preference in the recruitment process,” says Chandan Dutta, Head- Government Business, ZHL.
The company further clarified that they have been given tender for operating 250 ALS ambulances in the state and the company is not responsible for the operation of 108 and 102 ambulances.
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Last Updated August 1, 2021