Health services at MY Hospital hit as nurses boycott work

INDORE: Health services at MY Hospital came to a halt for almost two hours on Monday as nursing staff boycotted work alleging misbehavior by hospital superintendent.
Staff nurses raised slogans against the hospital superintendent as they staged protest outside MY Hospital’s main entrance. Later, they apprised MGM College dean of the issue, who assured to look into the matter.
Hospital superintendent Dr PS Thakur Dr Thakur allegedly misbehaved with a staff nurse Suryakiran Sharma and allegedly threatened to slap her for not informing about the running tap in ward number 17.
Even though the nurse said that it was not her duty to inform about the same, Dr Thakur threatened to suspend her. Later, the dean Dr Pushpa Verma summoned Dr Thakur at her office, where he reportedly apologized to the staffer.
However, Dr Thakur speaking to the media said, “As an administrative officer, sometimes I have to act tough with the staff. I did not mean to slap the woman.”
Dean Dr Pushpa Verma said, “Misbehavior with woman staff at work place is intolerable. Instructions have been issued in this regard. I hope such incidents will not repeat in future.”