Overview
- Contractual non-teaching staff at the Government Institute of Medical Sciences in Greater Noida have been on strike since June 15 seeking direct regularisation and job security.
- The hospital says outpatient, emergency and diagnostic services are continuing and that extra non-teaching staff have been brought in to keep care running.
- Protesters say police used a lathi-charge late at night that injured about 10–12 workers and led to some being fearful of speaking to the media.
- Police deny using force and say officers moved in after demonstrators allegedly disrupted patient registration and damaged hospital property, and they have filed an FIR based on the director’s complaint.
- Negotiations have not produced a breakthrough and the dispute now carries legal stakes that may deter talks and affect the jobs and incomes of low-paid contract staff who say they were promised regular posts during the pandemic.