Meeting organised by Lady Harding Hospital Nurses Association

MINUTES OF MEETING

       

A meeting was held at Lady Harding Nurses Hostel on 10^th March 2015 at around 11.30 AM  which was called by Mrs. Khurana, Secretary general, Delhi Nurses Union in association with Mr. Santosh.

1.     Mrs. Khurana  started the meeting by greeting all the Nurse’s representatives present . She briefed the current situation and problem mainly the New RR issue starting from 26^th November 2014 to till date.

2.     She stressed the importance of being United and asked the members present regarding forming a Confederation/association which brings all associations/unions/each individual Nurses under one umbrella. She also explained what is the need of the hour and why we need to be united.

3.     Mrs. Khurana then handed over the statge to Mr. Santosh. Briefed about the history of recruitment, Nurses recruited as contractual workers I,e since 1990 to till date by giving example of NRHM and present scenario in Karnataka state. He explained regarding the present status of Nursing schools and colleges in India.

4.     Shared his experience about his visit to European Countries and told how the Brazilian model is regarded as Best module in present day and their approach towards Social responsibility and urged to change our views from

“WE NURSS to WE THE HEALTH WORKERS” so that we can bargain and force the Govt to recognize and respect us. He pressed on “BUILD OUSELVES, SUPPORT OTHERS AND BUILD THE NATION” module.

5.     He put forth some of the important issues such as, a] Reclaiming of TNAI posts once again by clinicians as the TNAI members have shown their total negligence towards clinical Nurses. B] Nurses to be recruited on Administrative posts. C] asked why the Diploma nurses can’t be given graduation as other sector students are being given (B.A, B.Sc etc)

6.     He proposed some of the works, those needs urgent attention A] Uniting all nurses under one umbrella. B] Knowing nurses existences today in India. C] Formation of National advocacy team D] Nursing Census 2015.

7.     Proposed 10.1 Theory where he explained how each one of us if spends 10 minutes per day and 0.1% of our salary towards our profession helps in uplifting the standards as well as helps in achieving the goals.

8.     Ms. Maya from CSW explained the importance of time limits to be adopted in bringing all association (Govt as well as Pvt) under one Umbrella and asked to confirm from 9^th to 12^th May as 12^th May is Nurse’s Day and Parliament is in session so we can be best heard…

9.     Mr. Lalchandani raised some doubts regarding the difference in problems faced by Govt, Pvt and rural nurses and also the problems may arise in the near future.. and he as been answered by Mrs. Khurana, Mr. Santosh and Ms. Maya..

10.                         Mr. Shijo presented his views on behalf of DPNA, and Mr. Arun from IPNA raised the importance of being united.

11.                         Lastly the members are being asked their opinion regarding the observing the Nurse’s Day under the banner of DNU in Delhi by voice vote, then all the members present agreed unanimously for the same..

12.                         Then Mrs. Khurana decided in the meeting that the conference on 9^th and 10^th of May 2015 will be held under the banner of DNU and invitation will be sent  to all leaders across India to come and present their success, and views and the same will be submitted to the Govt on 12^th May.

13.                         Lastly it is decided, another meeting will be held on 17^th March for preparations regarding the proposed Nurses Day celebration/ conference on 9^th and 10^th of May.( venue need to be confirmed)..