Publicise Nurses’ Strike in Kerala

COMMUNICATION

It has been months since nurses from private hospitals of Kerala are on strike. They are striking for minimum wages and basic facilities in their working place. As you know, in India the private hospital industry is in the hands of religious-corporate leaders which control the mainstream media, which make sure this strike should not get the publicity it deserves. Like Arab Spring the blogs and face-book pages took the initiative to spread the message and it gained momentum in recent days. However, this is not influencing the policy-makers. All political parties have their own stake in the hospital industry; they are keeping a distance from the striking nurses.

As you are part of an independent progressive media reaching many parts of the world, I request you to consider this issue and to bring it to the masses and to influence the government to take the right decision.

Anto Ayinikal RN

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