Dehradun, July 22 -- A nursing job aspirant was hospitalised after allegedly consuming phenyl during a protest outside Uttarakhand health minister Subodh Uniyal's residence in Dehradun on Wednesday, people aware of the matter said. The protesters were demanding year-wise recruitment to nursing posts based on seniority, along with other long-pending demands.

President of the Nursing Ekta Manch, Naval Pundeer, said that the group had ended its over 150-day protest in May after receiving assurances from the health minister that their demands would be addressed. However, he alleged that the government had failed to fulfil its promises.

"We were staging a protest outside the health minister's residence when one of the protesters consumed phe...