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With nurses recruited done the Medical Services Recruitment Board (MRB) protesting for the 5th consecutive time connected Monday, demanding regularisation of their services, Health Minister Ma. Subramanian said 723 caller posts could beryllium created immediately, and assignment orders for these imperishable posts would beryllium issued by Pongal. A determination connected their request for maternity benefits would beryllium taken soon, helium said.
However, the protesting nurses, affiliated to the Tamil Nadu Nurses Empowerment Association, person decided to proceed their State-wide protest, demanding much negotiations with the government. Some 8,000-odd nurses recruited done the MRB on a consolidated wage person been demanding imperishable employment for respective years.
The Minister told reporters that the nurses were receiving a wage of ₹14,000 erstwhile the DMK entered office. They were recruited connected a declaration ground done the MRB during 2014-15 by the erstwhile authorities nether the main ministership of Jayalalithaa. It was told that aft 2 years of work, they would beryllium appointed to arising vacancies connected the ground of seniority.
Calling this a incorrect policy, Mr. Subramanian said they had to look for the MRB exam and enactment for 2 years. Thereafter, they could participate the authorities work successful arising vacancies. They should person been either impermanent nurses oregon imperishable nurses.
He said the DMK government accrued their wage to ₹18,000 successful designation of their enactment during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Since this authorities assumed office, the services of 3,614 of them were regularised... They were appointed not lone to the vacancies that arose each twelvemonth but besides to 1,200 caller posts created successful the 11 caller aesculapian colleges.
A full of 8,322 radical are demanding regularisation. “There are 169 vacancies now, and we are successful the process of filling them and issuing assignment orders,” helium said. Another 266 posts of nursing superintendents and 140 posts of nursing tutors would beryllium filled. With 37 captious attraction blocks being constructed, 148 posts would beryllium created for them. “We person told them that 723 caller posts tin beryllium created, and orders tin beryllium issued connected the ground of seniority before Pongal,” the Minister added.
“They person besides demanded maternity benefits, akin to those offered to the regular unit nurses. This connection is nether the government’s consideration, and a determination volition beryllium taken soon,” helium said.
Efforts volition beryllium made to assistance imperishable employment to the remaining 7,400-odd nurses successful phases, including by creating caller posts astatine the caller territory office hospitals successful the future, helium said.
However, N. Subin, wide caput of the association, said the 169 posts, nursing superintendent people 2 promotion posts, and nursing tutor promotion posts were owed to beryllium filled, and they were not further ones. “We person decided to proceed our protests crossed the State,” helium said.
Separately, 724 nurses who were posted during COVID-19 without pursuing communal rotation would beryllium recruited connected a consolidated wage aft rectification of the communal rotation, Mr. Subramanian said.
