Mumbai: KEM Hospital Employee dies after allegedly being denied Sick Leave, health staff observe protest
Mumbai - Many doctors, nurses, paramedics and other health workers gathered near Mumbai's KEM hospital wearing masks and different protective gears to observe protest on recently.
Mumbai has been recorded as the city with highest number of Corona victims and health workers are working to handle the condition. In this situation, the anger of the health workers transpired when one employee of health service, an everyday wager, died after his request for leave of absence was allegedly denied by the authority.
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It is reported that he was not feeling well for 4 days and yet he had to work. The news of his death came on Sunday night; however, there are serious questions regarding the cause of his death and it is not yet confirmed whether the death occurred due to COVID-19 infection or not. The body is still in the morgue where it is kept after the demise. The protesters claimed that the family of the deceased should be given compensation.
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