Maharashtra: State govt warns healthcare staff with MESMA, nurses say need more safeguards
(WorldNews India)

At least eight nurses have resigned from Bhatia hospital in the last fortnight, and there is no trace of two others. Over the last two months, 40 nurses from Wockhardt hospital have resigned, 14 nurses quit their jobs at Kaslekar hospital, several in Lilavati hospital resigned to join BMC services and six nurses at Hinduja hospital in Khar have said they want to return home to Kerela, with two already stopped reporting to work. After private hospitals complained that they were struggling to retain nursing staff, the state government on Thursday invoked the Maharashtra Essential Services Maintenance Act (MESMA), 2005, directing healthcare workers to “extend whole-hearted cooperation” and...