Nurses stir to be intensified

KOCHI: The United Nurses Association (UNA) is all set to intensify the ongoing protest at  Lakeshore Hospital, the organisation said in a press release.From February 10, the organisation will hold a relay fast at Lakeshore Hospital here. UNA state president Jasmine Shah will hold an indefinite fast from February 14. On the same day, the members of the organisation will take out a protest march to the residence of Dr Philip Augustine, the managing director of the hospital. On February 23, the organisation will take out a march to the IG Office in Ernakulam. “The persons who attacked the nurses at Amrita Hospital have been released by the police and are back at the hospital. The march is to demand the arrest of these persons,” the UNA president said.Over one lakh nurses from the organisation will also send mass e-mails to the President, Prime Minister and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, urging them to withdraw the Padma Shri award given to Dr Augustine. Meanwhile, yet another round of talks between the Lakeshore Hospital management and the UNA failed to make any headway.