Jaipur: An auxiliary nurse and midwife (ANM) was arrested for allegedly creating a ruckus and protesting naked in front of the Sawai Man Singh Medical College in Jaipur. The police said she was released later and suffered from mental issues.
Police on Wednesday arrested and later released a nurse for protesting naked here in front of the Sawai Man Singh Medical College.
According to the police, the woman, an auxiliary nurse and midwife (ANM), suffered from some mental issues and was later found to have some disputes with her in-laws too.
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Navratna Dhulia, SHO, SMS Police Station, said that they arrested the woman on charges of ‘breach of peace’ and presented here before the court, which let her go after some legal formalities.
He said the woman was earlier posted as ANM in Beawar from where she was transferred to Ajmer and later to Dudu.
A complaint in the matter of her dispute with her in-laws is lodged at a Women’s Police Station in Ajmer.
team had earlier reported that in an ongoing conflict between the Rajasthan government and its medical fraternity over the proposed "Right to Health Bill," doctors have taken a firm stance against the proposed bill by holding a street demonstration and declaring a 24-hour strike this month, demanding some amendment in the bill. Following this, the medical professionals, including the hospitals, boycotted emergency health operations for 24 hours. As part of the agitation, private hospitals and nursing homes had also boycotted the government's RGHS (Rajasthan Government Health Scheme) and Chiranjeevi Yojana. It came to light that the proposed bill has limited packages for private hospitals against government hospitals under the Chiranjeevi health scheme.The Cheeranjivi Yojana extends affordable health insurance packages to the financially weaker sections of society.
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