Ambulance service hit as call centre staff protest

Ambulance services remained affected in the district on Tuesday as nearly 200 call centre workers of GVK EMRI, which runs 108 and 102 services, staged protest at

Ambulance services remained affected in the district on Tuesday as nearly 200 call centre workers of GVK EMRI, which runs 108 and 102 services, staged protest at the company’s office demanding pending salaries.

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They first staged protest at midnight for an hour and then again gathered at the office at 6 am.

The agitators included workers who were supposed to be on duty. People who called for ambulances had to wait for long to get a response.

“Those protesting were not in any shift hence the call centre ran smoothly,” said Sunil Yadav, spokesperson of the company.

The protest was called off in the afternoon after the salary for one month was released, said officials.

A few days ago, drivers of the ambulance service had gone on strike demanding pending salary. They did not attend to patients for an entire day across the state despite the imposition of ESMA on the ambulance service.

A probe has been set up by the state government in the previous strike by the drivers.