Tag: Healthcare workers’ rights

  • Balochistan: Grand Health Alliance’s Remarkable Success – Achievements and Lessons

    Balochistan: Grand Health Alliance’s Remarkable Success – Achievements and Lessons

    The protest movement launched by the Grand Health Alliance (GHA) in Balochistan against the privatization of hospitals, which began in October 2024, temporarily concluded on January 22, 2025, with successful negotiations. PTUS congratulate the Health Department employees and GHA leadership on this achievement. It is important to note that the Grand Health Alliance—a coalition of…

  • Crisis in Public Healthcare: Hospital Tragedies and the Privatization

    Crisis in Public Healthcare: Hospital Tragedies and the Privatization

    Last month, three children allegedly died due to incorrect injections in the children’s ward of a government hospital in Khanewal, and a nurse was arrested for their deaths. After the nurse’s arrest, nurses in government hospitals across Punjab began protests. In these protests, nurses demanded their colleague’s immediate release and announced continuing the protest series…