Members of the Telangana Nurses Affiliation maintain a candlelight vigil at Ambedkar Statue, Liberty, in solidarity with 21-year-old nurse Sirisha who was raped and murdered, in Hyderabad on Monday.
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Members of the Telangana Nurses Affiliation (TNA) held a candlelight vigil on the Ambedkar Statue on Tank Bund in Hyderabad on Monday (August 31) in solidarity with 21-year-old Sirisha, a personal hospital nurse who was raped and murdered in Thukkuguda.
The members demanded accountability from the personal hospital the place Sirisha was employed and sought authorities intervention to make sure secure lodging and sufficient safety for nurses and different healthcare employees, significantly in personal and company hospitals. Additionally they demanded suspension of the hospital’s licence, alleging that it had failed to supply secure lodging for its employees. Additionally they sought ex-gratia help for Sirisha’s household and urged the authorities to take strict motion towards the hospital.
“The sufferer belonged to a tribal neighborhood. Her mother and father will need to have struggled to supply for her and guarantee that she turns into a nurse. Many personal hospitals take bonds from workers, even though they fail to supply secure lodging,” mentioned Nirmala.
She appealed to Minister for Panchayat Raj and Rural Growth Seethakka, who additionally comes from a tribal background, to intervene within the matter and be sure that ex gratia help is supplied to Sirisha’s household.
Two members, Anusha and Seema (title modified), mentioned that they had visited the hospital after the incident to talk to the administration in regards to the matter. They alleged that the hospital didn’t have a nursing superintendent and that they had been threatened once they questioned the administration.
Additionally they burdened that safety preparations at hospitals ought to cowl nurses and different healthcare employees and never be restricted to sufferers and docs. “Safety shouldn’t simply be for sufferers and docs, however for nurses and different healthcare employees additionally,” they mentioned.
Laxman Rudavath, Joint Secretary of the Telangana Nurses Affiliation urged the federal government to make sure that nursing employees working in hospitals had been supplied with mandatory security services in accordance with Central authorities pointers.
Mr. Laxman additionally referred to as for a scientific mechanism to file particulars of individuals coming to Telangana from different States for employment. He prompt that authorities preserve data on people arriving within the State for work, together with who introduced them to Telangana, their place of employment and residence, and the police station below whose jurisdiction they reside.
Revealed – August 31, 2026 09:40 pm IST
