The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

All employees, including doctors and nurses in Apollo Hospital, who went on a sit-in strike demanding resignation of its Chief Executive and withdrawal of termination order against 150 staff on Saturday, returned to their work yesterday.

The Apollo Hospital, at Baridhara, has the highest number of foreign staff, including doctors and nurses, among the private hospitals in the capital.

During the daylong demonstrations, the Medicare systems of the hospital collapsed, mounting the suffering of 142 patients, now admitted to the hospital, as they did not get the support from attending physicians who expressed their solidarity with the striking colleagues.

Asked about the reason for the job cut, the hospital authority said that the hospital has some 1,400 employees though it needs some 800 of them to operate the hospital smoothly.