Govt invokes ESMA as nurses go on strike

Indian Express, August 11, 2010 Ahmedabad - Nurses say govt turning a blind eye to their long-pending demand of implementing Sixth Pay Commission recommendations. The police on Tuesday rounded up 193 nurses of the U N Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre after the state government invoked the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) against them. Meanwhile, three nursing staff, including Hiten Patel, president of the newly registered UN Mehta Heart Institute Nursing Association, were put under suspension. ... Govt