'108' Ambulance Staff call off stir

Bhubaneswar: Hours after the State wide stir, the '108' Ambulance Service Workers' Association has called off the strike after payment of their pending dues.

Employees of ambulance services were on strike since last mid-night demanding better and timely payment of their remuneration. The emergency health care was affected for quite sometimes due to the agitation.

Drivers, attendants and emergency medical technicians had joined the agitation called by association.

The Association had earlier launched a similar agitation in March this year demanding fulfilment of their 12-point charter of demands.