Bhubaneswar, May 19 -- Hundreds of attendants and housekeeping staff of the Acharya Harihar Regional Cancer Centre in Cuttack on Tuesday launched a cease-work agitation demanding payment of pending salaries.

More than 400 attendants and housekeeping workers staged a protest in front of the hospital, disrupting routine services. The agitating staff alleged that they have not received their salaries for the last one-and-a-half months, leading to severe financial distress.

The protesters sat on a dharna outside the hospital premises and raised slogans against the authorities, demanding immediate release of their dues. Due to the strike, several hospital services were reportedly affected, causing inconvenience to patients and their attendan...