Over 3,500 renal patients undergoing dialysis in 122 government-run units across Karnataka have been hit following a protest by employees of these units on Wednesday.
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Demanding restoration of the salaries paid before the transfer of the dialysis scheme from BRS Health and Research Institute to Kolkata-based ESKAG Sanjeevini Pvt. Ltd. in January last year, nearly 600 employees, including dialysis technicians, nurses and ‘D’ group staff, manning the 122 dialysis units, staged a protest at Freedom Park in the city on Wednesday.
