CHENNAI: The ongoing impasse between the nurses working in Apollo Hospitals and the management was resolved on Thursday with the hospital agreeing to pay them a sum of `12,000, a communique said. “The impasse has been resolved at a figure of `12,000 plus a speciality/JCI weightage in addition,” the statement from V Satyanarayana Reddy, CEO, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, said.The settlement followed intense negotiations by both sides for six days.
Earlier in the day, Reddy had, through a statement, urged the unions to call off their strike and pointed out that the management was ready to offer the best industry package, which was significantly higher than their existing salaries.
He reminded them that that hospital outcomes depended on the “coordinated effort of the entire hospital team and not only the nursing community”.
Reddy pointed out that Apollo was providing quality accommodation and hi-tech work environment apart from providing a great learning experience to the nurses.
Apollo’s nurses instantly find jobs overseas, or grow within, giving them multiple career options, he added.
On contingence measures, he revealed that the number of occupied beds have been slightly scaled down to provide better patient safety and care. Student/trainee nurses provide bedside support and not clinical care to patients, he clarified and added that patients from many locations do not want to go elsewhere and are prepared to wait indefinitely for major clinical interventions.
