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Coronavirus: Over 17,000 ambulance workers in UP threaten to stop work over lack of safety gear #IndiaNEWS
The association of ambulance employees in Uttar Pradesh have threatened to stop work from Tuesday afternoon over unavailability of proper protective gear for the front-line workers to tackle the coronavirus spread in the state, NDTV reported. The employees also claimed that they have not been paid since January and demanded that money be released immediately for them to carry out the work.The ambulance services in Uttar Pradesh is managed and run by a private company called GVK in contract with the state government. According to the Ambulance Employees’ Association, there are about 4,500 ambulances deployed across the state and around 17,000 ambulance workers are on the field currently. They run the 102 and 108 emergency ambulance services and are on contract with the private firm. “We are carrying patients, many of them corona infected, but we have not been provided any protective gear, including masks and sanitisers,� Bhupendra Singh, president of the association, told IANS. “We stand completely exposed to the deadly virus but the hospital authorities do not care about this.� An ambulance driver posted in Pratapgarh district also said the employee’s do not have proper gloves, masks, sanitisers and other necessary items. “This mask you see on me, 15 pieces have been distributed for each...Read more

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