Udupi: Doctors, Nurses of Mother and Child Govt Hospital go on strike
Allege non-payment of salaries for three months
Udupi: The doctors, nurses and other staff of the Koosamma Shambhu Shetty Memorial Haji Abdullah Mother and Child Hospital initiated a strike protesting the non-payment of 3 months of salary.
The hospital, which is being managed by the B.R Shetty Group has not paid its working staff, including doctors and nurses their salaries from the last 3 months, it is learned. The protest being led in opposition to the non-payment of wages has caused inconvenience to pregnant women and other patients waiting to receive timely treatment.
As more than 200 staff working at the hospital are all participating in the protest, the patients at the hospital have complained that no medical treatment has been given to anybody since Wednesday morning.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
