{"id":31253,"date":"2026-03-16T15:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/?p=31253"},"modified":"2026-03-16T23:21:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T23:21:04","slug":"article70749052-ece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/?p=31253","title":{"rendered":"Why nurses in Kerala\u2019s private hospitals went on strike | Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nurses in private hospitals across Kerala went on an \u2018indefinite strike\u2019 from March 9 to 13, demanding higher wages and better working conditions. Though the agitation has been temporarily withdrawn after a Kerala High Court directive, the United Nurses Association, the main organiser, says it  will be resumed if there is no progress in the mediation efforts<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>\n<strong>Source:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/kerala\/why-nurses-in-keralas-private-hospitals-went-on-strike-explained\/article70749052.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\nwww.thehindu.com<br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#666;\">\n<strong>Medical Disclaimer:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis content is shared for informational and educational purposes only.<br \/>\nIt does not constitute medical, legal, or policy advice.<br \/>\nHealthcare decisions should always be made in consultation with qualified professionals.\n<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nurses in private hospitals across Kerala went on an \u2018indefinite strike\u2019 from March 9 to 13, demanding higher wages and better working conditions. Though the agitation has been temporarily withdrawn after a Kerala High Court directive, the United Nurses Association, the main organiser, says it will be resumed if there is no progress in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31254,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1747],"tags":[12483,8069,19130,10175,13104,10614],"class_list":["post-31253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fitness-lifestyle","tag-explained","tag-hospitals","tag-keralas","tag-nurses","tag-private","tag-strike"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31253"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31255,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31253\/revisions\/31255"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}