Lucknow: The state-wide employees strike in Uttar Pradesh, on its seventh day, entered a critical phase Monday with employees announcing stalling of medical services.
Employee unions announced that if their demands were not met by the state government, they would hit the medical service one by one.
Keeping up with their earlier announcement, the employees have shut the Ophthalmology departments across government hospitals.
An union leader told IANS that no eye tests would be conducted in the state-run hospitals from now on and added that from Nov 19, all out patient departments (OPDs) will also join the strike.
The leader added that the pathology departments and all nurses unions will join the strike from from Nov 20 and Nov 21 respectively.
Meanwhile, the state government firmed up its position and said that it will not bow to unjustified demands of the employees.
