Archive · 31 Dec 2025
PGI Contract Workers Strike Over Unpaid Wages
Some workers at a big hospital called PGI are very upset because they haven't been paid their salaries for a long time.
They started a hunger strike to protest.
The workers include people who clean the hospital, help patients, and cook food.
They say the hospital promised to pay them but didn't keep their word.
The workers also want better benefits like maternity leave and medical help.
The hospital says everything is running normally and patient care wasn't affected.
But the workers say if they don't get a solution soon, they might protest again.
Contract workers at PGIMER, including sanitary attendants and cooks, went on a hunger strike protesting non-payment of wages.
The protest was organized by the Joint Action Committee (JAC) and included demands for maternity leave, medical benefits, and reinstatement of removed security guards.
The PGIMER administration claims that patient care remained unaffected due to a robust contingency plan.
The JAC warned of further action, including another hunger strike, if demands are not met within two to three days.
The protest was carried out peacefully and voluntarily, according to the JAC.
- Who
- Contract workers at PGIMER, including sanitary attendants, sanitation supervisors, hospital attendants, bearers, and cooks
- What
- Hunger strike protesting non-payment of wages and other service-related demands
- When
- From 6 am on Tuesday, with potential further action in the first week of January
- Where
- Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGI) in Chandigarh
- Why
- To demand payment of pending wages, maternity leave, medical benefits, bonus payment, reinstatement of security guards, and parity in facilities with regular employees
- Institute
- Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGI)
- Number of Contract Workers
- 4,000
- Pending Wages
- Rs 55 crore
- Date of Assurance
- August 12, 2024
- Patients in OPD
- 8,770
- Patients in Emergency and Trauma
- 166
- New Admissions
- 100
- Surgeries Performed
- 137