Karnal, June 9 -- Nurses at Kurukshetra's Lok Nayak Jai Parkash (LNJP) Hospital went on a two-hour strike on Monday to protest the "rude behaviour" of Haryana State Women's Commission chairperson Renu Bhatia.

The strike was sparked by Bhatia's hospital visit on Sunday to inquire about the alleged sexual assault on a minor by a retired doctor where she reprimanded the staff for "negligence". The nurses are demanding an apology.

Senior nursing officer Gurmeet Kaur said that blaming the entire staff for negligence without any probe was wrong.

The senior nursing officer in-charge of the OPD said she was on supervision duty and that the nurses were not informed by the doctor that there was a female patient inside.

"Bhatia used inappropriat...