ASHA workers stage protest in Pattan

Baramulla, May 24: Scores of Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) workers on Monday held a protest demonstration in Pattan area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district over inadequate salary and lack of Covid-19 related safety measures including PPE Kits.
Witnesses said that ASHA workers assembled at Pattan hospital and staged protest against higher authorities for failing to provide them with Covid-19 safety measures including PPE kits.
“We have been protesting for the last 10 days to demand hike in monthly honorariums and Covid-19 related safety measures but no is paying any attention to our genuine demands,” a protesting ASHA worker said.
They alleged the government has completely neglected them even though they are at the forefront to fight the Covid-19 pandemic like other frontline Covid warriors.
They said that they are asked to meet Covid-19 positive patients and most of the contact tracing is being done by them, however, there are no adequate safety equipments available for them.