Candlelight vigil held in Hyderabad for 21-year-old nurse who was raped and murdered; nurses demand action against private hospital

Members of the Telangana Nurses Association hold a candlelight vigil at Ambedkar Statue, Liberty, in solidarity with 21-year-old nurse Sirisha who was raped and murdered, in Hyderabad on Monday. | Photo Credit: SIDDHANT THAKUR Members of the Telangana Nurses Association (TNA) held a candlelight vigil at the Ambedkar Statue on Tank Bund in Hyderabad on Monday (August 31) in solidarity with 21-year-old Sirisha, a private hospital nurse who was raped and murdered in Thukkuguda.The participants demanded accountability from the private hospital where Sirisha was employed and sought government intervention to ensure safe accommodation and adequate security for nurses and other healthcare workers, particularly in private and corporate hospitals. They also demanded suspension of the hospital’s lic