Overview
- A 25-year-old contractual nursing worker, Deepak Kharwal/Charwal, allegedly consumed poison and died after leaving a protest at SMS Medical College on Friday, colleagues and hospital officials said.
- The death followed a termination letter that reportedly removed the services of roughly 200–310 contractual hospital employees, with different reports giving varying totals.
- Protesting staff blocked the emergency gate at SMS Hospital and briefly disrupted services before police intervened and restored normal operations.
- RLP leader Hanuman Beniwal and officials held talks with the deceased’s family and protesters and reported a government promise of a contractual job for the worker’s wife plus party aid of Rs 5 lakh, though formal orders and compensation details remain unsettled.
- Contractual nurses recruited through private placement agencies are demanding reinstatement, regularization and an impartial probe, and unions warned of further action if concrete government commitments are not issued.