Archive · 7 Aug 2026
Chengalpet Govt Nurses Hold One-Hour Work Boycott Over Demands
Some nurses in Chengalpet, a town in India, take care of sick people at a big government hospital.
On Thursday morning, they stopped working for one whole hour.
They wore black badges to show that they were unhappy.
The nurses are asking the government to give them permanent jobs.
Many of them have been working as temporary nurses for more than ten years.
There are also not enough nurses at the hospital, so the ones working have too much to do.
The nurses say only about 200 nurses are working when around 1,000 are needed.
They also want the government to hire more nurses across the whole state of Tamil Nadu.
The nurses plan to protest again on Friday until the government listens.
Government nurses at the Chengalpet government medical college hospital wore black badges and boycotted work for one hour on Thursday as part of a statewide protest.
The demonstration was held between 7 am and 8 am within the hospital premises, with nurses raising slogans in support of their demands.
Key demands include the withdrawal of government order (G.O.) No. 204 on staff redeployment, the abolition of the consolidated pay system, and the regularisation of contract nurses.
Nurses alleged that around 30,000 nursing posts remain vacant across Tamil Nadu and urged the government to fill them immediately to address severe staff shortages.
The nurses said the one-hour work boycott and black badge protest will continue on Friday until their demands are met.
At the Chengalpet hospital, nurses claimed only about 200 nurses were on duty against a requirement of around 1,000, placing a heavy workload on existing staff.
- Who
- Government nurses at the Chengalpet government medical college hospital, part of a statewide protest by nurses in Tamil Nadu
- What
- A one-hour work boycott and black badge demonstration pressing long-pending demands
- When
- Thursday, between 7 am and 8 am, with the protest set to continue on Friday
- Where
- Chengalpet government medical college hospital premises in Tamil Nadu
- Why
- To demand the withdrawal of the staff redeployment policy (G.O. No. 204), regularisation of contract nurses, abolition of the consolidated pay system, and immediate filling of vacant nursing posts
- Protest action
- One-hour work boycott with black badges
- Location
- Chengalpet government medical college hospital, Tamil Nadu
- Timing
- 7 am to 8 am on Thursday; planned to continue Friday
- Key demand
- Withdrawal of G.O. No. 204 on staff redeployment
- Employment demands
- Regularisation of contract nurses and abolition of consolidated pay
- Vacant posts
- Around 30,000 nursing posts vacant across Tamil Nadu
- Hospital staffing gap
- About 200 nurses on duty versus around 1,000 required