Shiv Sainiks protest poor medical facilities

In Nainital 16 Jan 2010 Shiv Sainiks staged a dharna alleging that the health department was not providing medicines to patients and there was a dearth of doctors at the facility.  

A meeting was also held on the occasion during which the Sainiks condemned the health department and the government.They said that some new medical equipment had been installed at the hospital, but in the absence of operators, it was in disrepair. Proper quantities of medicines were also not being provided to the poor patients and, as a result, they had the only option to purchase these from the market. The Women Wing of the hospital lacked expert surgeons. Patients were being referred to Haldwani just for CT scans, it was pointed out. The Sainiks also raised anti-government slogans. It was stated that, if the state of affairs was not brought back on track within a week, the Sainiks would commence a relay hunger strike.