A lot of nurse’s in India give up their work for the reason of getting poor wages, lack of favorable working background and mistreatment due to unregulated and ailing health division. A staff of a private nursing institution associated to the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore reveals that she could not take the attitude of the doctors anymore , and also mentioned that she never gets respect from them reason for her to quit the job. She added she was working on the said hospital for 7 years after getting her nursing diploma. She also stated that her mom works on the same profession and also experienced the same treatment, although her mom was able to adjust and make compromises for over 30 years.

A number of hospitals in India don’t have an area for nurses to take a break or even change their clothes. Paying overtime is also not one of their benefits. The nurse – patient ratio in India is poor, ranging from 1:30 and much worse in general wards which could go up to 1:50, which frequently results in their having to work for longer hours.

Recently, after long-drawn-out protests by All India Nurses Federation, several hospitals state they are taking procedures to pay overtime.
According to the nurses, the dreadful situation they have right now has been basically worsen by the reality that as a group they have not been able to join together since traditional trade unions have been ignoring their working rights.

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