Mangalore : The Akhila Bharatha Karmika Sangha staged an indefinite hunger strike in front of ESI Hospital protesting against the lack of facilities.

The protestors called out slogans against the hospital management, its director, and also the district-in-charge minister for their apathy toward labourers seeking medical care.

General Secretary Sudatta Jain complained in his protest address that the hospital lacks basic facilities, adding that in case of accidents, labourers have to be shifted to private hospitals that charge high fees.

He also said that they have been demanding better facilities at the hospital for the past 2 years, he said that the officials and people’s representatives have made false assurance..