Pulse polio campaign on in J'khand despite nurses strike

The pulse polio campaign is going on smoothly in Jharkhand with Ranchi registering 87 per cent of the target on the second day today even as the strike by nurses entered the fourth day today.
"The campaign is going on without any hindrance in all the 24 districts on the second day. Ranchi and Ramgarh have achieved 87 per cent of the target," Health Services Director-in-chief Praveen Chandra told PTI here.
Anganwadi Sevikas, Sahayas and NGOs are among those involved in the campaign, he said.
The striking NHRM/ANM/GNM Anubandhit (contractual) Sangh general secretary, Juhi Minz, said its members from Ranchi district staged a sit-in near the Raj Bhavan here during the day.

"We have about 5,500 nurses (as members) and all are on strike across the state. We will continue the indefinite strike till our demands are met," she said.
Prominent among their demands are regularization of employment, Minz said.
The health department had on January 16 said their strike was 'illegal' as they had already held a strike in December on the same demands.