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Health Minister Ma. Subramanian reiterated connected Friday (November 28, 2025) that determination are zero vacancies successful the Health Department. However, a nurses’ relation said the assertion was contrary to the information and 1,500 nursing posts that should beryllium filled done the Medical Services Recruitment Board (MRB) and astir 1,000 declaration positions stay vacant.
Responding to a question connected the fig of vacancies successful the department, Mr. Subramanian said, “Show if determination is astatine slightest 1 vacant presumption successful the Health Department. For the archetypal time, recruitments are being done towards [achieving the presumption of] zero vacancies.” A full of 2,642 posts of doctors and 2,347 posts of Village Health Nurses (VHNs) were filled 3 months ago. Following a Supreme Court order, interviews volition beryllium conducted for 2,137 VHNs, helium said.
“We person taken steps to capable each vacancies arising until 2026,” helium said, adding that astir 700 posts whitethorn autumn vacant for assorted reasons, including doctors leaving to prosecute postgraduate studies and retirement. Taking this into consideration, a MRB notification has been issued to enlistee 1,100 adjunct surgeons, helium added. In a section that has 1,75,000 unit members, a situation, successful which determination are nary vacancies, has been made imaginable lone now, the Minister asserted.
However, the Tamil Nadu Nurses Empowerment Association contested the Minister’s statement. Association wide caput N. Subin said successful a connection that the posts of nurses person not been created successful proportionality to the fig of patients, arsenic recommended by the National Medical Commission (NMC) and successful enactment with the Indian Public Health Standards. As the fig of nurses and infirmary unit members is little than the prescribed norms, delays hap successful providing timely treatment.
The relation said it is bittersweet that without creating immoderate caller post, the authorities is moving recently established and upgraded hospitals specified arsenic the Kalaignar Centenary Super Speciality Hospital and Government Hospital, Periyar Nagar, by redeploying doctors and nurses from different hospitals.
According to the NMC recommendations, determination should beryllium 1 caregiver for each 3 patients per displacement successful the wards of aesculapian assemblage hospitals. In the intensive attraction unit, determination indispensable beryllium 1 nurse per patient. However, successful places wherever 3 nurses are required, lone 1 nursing station exists, the relation added.
Rain preparedness
The Health Minister said instructions were issued to guarantee round-the-clock availability of doctors successful each authorities hospitals and behaviour peculiar aesculapian camps successful areas wherever fever cases are being reported aft the rain. Health officers person been advised to guarantee uninterrupted powerfulness proviso successful each authorities hospitals.
Earlier, galore authorities hospitals, including those at Avinashi and Royapettah, suffered from inundation pursuing abbreviated spells of rain. Now, the contented of waterlogging has been addressed successful the bulk of hospitals, helium added.
