{"id":1402,"date":"2019-01-06T18:29:04","date_gmt":"2019-01-06T18:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpiran.org\/english\/?p=1402"},"modified":"2026-02-08T12:45:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T12:45:10","slug":"hospital-staff-karaj-refuse-let-go-patients-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpiran.org\/english\/hospital-staff-karaj-refuse-let-go-patients-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospital staff in Karaj refuse to let go of patients and their work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 3<sup>rd<\/sup> January 2019, staff of Imam Khomeini Hospital in Karaj in Tehran province, Iran, held an assembly in front of the Organisation of Privatisation to protest over unpaid wages and nonrenewal of their contracts.<\/p>\n<p>The staff who have held many protests managed to get 4 months of the 12 months of outstanding wages.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters announced their solidarity with the steelworkers, sugar cane workers, HEPCO and Agh Dareh workers.<\/p>\n<p>No one takes any responsibility for the staff and the patients as the hospital has been sold to a private owner. 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