Two former AIIMS staff climb water tank, seek job

DEHRADUN

: After their services were terminated from AIIMS Rishikesh, two women climbed atop a water tank near railway station on Friday morning and threatened to jump off if they are not re-employed by the hospital management. The women also demanded that the director of the institute, Ravi Kant, be summoned to speak to them.

Kanchan Kumari, 29, and Manisha Verma, 28, were among the contractual employees whose services were terminated by the administration of AIIMS Rishikesh last month without any notice.

Both women climbed atop the water tank on 4 am and refused to come down.

Informed about the situation, the management of AIIMS, additional district magistrate Prema Lal and police force rushed to the spot to convince the duo to come down, but they refused to listen.

The two women later threatened to jump off from top of the tank if anyone tried to stop them.

Moreover, while returning from the spot the administrative staff of AIIMS were allegedly attacked by other former employees of AIIMS demanding jobs.

Similar incident took place a fortnight ago after a man climbed on the terrace of AIIMS Rishikesh with a bottle of petrol and threatened to immolate himself if his son was not taken back by the management.