Karnal, June 10 -- Upset over the remarks made by Haryana Women's Commission chairperson Renu Bhatia during her visit to Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) Hospital in Kurukshetra on Sunday, scores of nursing staff members on Tuesday observed a two-hour pen-down strike in Haryana.

The nurses body has been demanding an apology from Bhatia and said that she should resign for her comments of "unfairly blaming the nurses for negligence" and hinted at possible collusion by some staff member in the minor's rape by a consultant doctor at the hospital.

Bhatia has refused to apologise for her remarks and instead termed the entire protest backed by the opposition.

The Haryana Civil Medical Services Association (HCMSA), Pharmacy Officers' Association, ...