AIIMS director appeals to nurses to end strike, assures pay hike resolution

Randeep Guleria says most of the union's 23 demands had been met, save perceived anomaly on initial pay under sixth pay commission, adding that govt has agreed to view this sympathetically

All India Institute of Medical Sciences director Dr Randeep Guleria on Monday appealed to the nursing union of the hospital to call off their strike and help through the pandemic assuring them that whatever issues they will be resolved amicably including their demand for a pay hike. 

“I appeal to all the nurses, all the nursing officers, not to go on strike, and not to make us feel embarrassed about the dignity that we have as far as the nurses are concerned,” he said.

Guleria said that the nurses union had put in 23 demands and most of them had