PSM'S,Nurses And Para Medical Officers Are To Launch Two Day Island Wide Strike On 27th and 28 th

The Three Categories belongs to the Health Sector, the Professions Supplementary To Medicine(PSM's),Para Medical Officers and Nurses are due to launch a two day island wide strike action from 7 a.m tomorrow(27) to 7 a.m on Friday(29) by demanding solutions for six of their service demands according to Joint Professional Council Of Nurses,PSM'S and Para Medical Officers.

The said professions attach to  Lady Ridgway Children's ,Castle Street Womens,De Soyza Womens,Maharagama Cancer and Peradeniya Sirimawo Bandaranaike Memorial Hospitals are not participating this strike due to humanitarian reasons the Joint Council has said.

Due to the strike the issuing of Drugs and Injections at Government Hospital Out Door Patients Departments(OPD),all Laboaratory Tests like Blood and Urine Tests,Radiography Tests including C T Scan,X Ray and MRI Tests,EEG and ECG Tests,Physiotherapy Treatment offering in hospitals will be stopped on tomorrow and the day after hospital sources said.

Granting Rs.10,000 as On Call,Disturbance and Transport Allowance for   PSM's ,Para Medical Officers And Nurses ,increasing  their over time payments to Rs.200 per hour are among the six service demands Joint Council Of Nurses,PSM'S And Para Medical Officers has demanding
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