Following an assurance by Health and Medical Education Minister K. Sudhakar that their demands will be considered soon, contractual and outsourced health workers appointed under the National Health Mission (NHM) withdrew their strike late on Thursday night.
Demanding job security and equal pay for equal work, thousands of contractual workers under the banner of the Karnataka State Health and Medical Education Department Contractual and Outsource Employees Association (KSHCOEA) staged a daylong demonstration at Freedom Park on Thursday.
Dr. Sudhakar, who met them at the protest venue, said the government would soon revise their compensation by 15% as recommended by the P.N. Srinivasachari committee. Appealing to the workers to withdraw their strike, he said the government would initiate measures to fulfil their other demands, including health insurance coverage.
