IMPHAL, April 23: Owing to the ongoing cease work strike launched by daily wage staff of Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) in pursuit of their demands which started from April 21, normal post mortem examination of dead body at the hospital mortuary has been ceased.
According to reports received by IFP, there are 475 daily wage employees of the medical institute with 14 working at the mortuary. The 14 employees have been working at the mortuary ever since its establishment but they are still getting salary based on daily wages.
The daily wage staff had launched the cease work strike demanding removal of Director of JNIMS and service regularization of them at the earliest.
The higher authority of the institute while appealing the striking staff today to suspend the agitation immediately, assured them that an order will be issued regarding their upgradation to staff on contract basis within ten days.
Even if the employees agree to call off their stir following the assurance of the institute`™s authority, they will continue with their agitation to wear black badge.
It may be mentioned here that following the joining of the staff working at the mortuary in the cease work strike, post mortem examinations of two dead bodies kept at the hospital morgue were not performed in the last two days.