Bhubaneswar: Several Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM) workers protesting at Lower PMG Square in Bhubaneswar were reportedly picked up by the Commissionerate Police on Saturday.
As per available information, a scuffle ensued between the police and the ANM protestors. It is pertinent to mention here that all the protestors at the Lower PMG square were asked to vacate the area in view of the Republic Day parade practice.
Earlier on two of ANM workers protesting at the Lower PMG here attempted self-immolation by pouring kerosene on their bodies.
Large numbers of women staff members have been demonstrating here for regularisation of job.
It may be noted that the Odisha Government had engaged as many as 21,000 ANMs, staff nurses and Pharmacists temporarily to augment the health workforce for the smooth functioning of Covid Care Homes (CCH). They were appointed on a daily wage basis for a period of three months or till the CCHs are functional. The engagement was made during the rapid rise in Covid-19 cases in the State.
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