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Following an announcement by the State authorities addressing the protesters’ cardinal demands, including imperishable employment, the seven-day Statewide protestation launched by nurses has been suspended.
Speaking to journalists astatine Madurai Medical College connected Wednesday, N. Subin, State wide caput of Tamil Nadu Nurses Empowerment Association, said, “Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ma. Subramanian, who initially cited ‘zero vacancies,’ has present assured that 1,000 nurses volition beryllium made permanent.”
He said they felt relieved that the authorities had got the database for initiating the process and the Finance Department had fixed its clearance.
Regarding different demands raised by the protesters, helium said, the pending benefits, including maternity leave, were promised to beryllium settled earlier Pongal festival.
“The consolidated wage for authorities infirmary nurses, which was fixed astatine ₹14,000 4 years ago, was precocious accrued to ₹18,000. The authorities has promised to wage the quality arsenic arrears from the day of the hike announcement,” Mr. Subin noted.
The authorities had assured them that they would reinstate the remaining 724 nurses who were dismissed aft moving during COVID-19 pandemic.
The government’s different assurances included filling of 266 nursing supervisor people II positions and 146 nursing tutor positions done counselling, instauration of caller imperishable posts successful 37 captious attraction buildings astatine authorities hospitals, and moving astir 8,000 consolidated wage nurses into imperishable positions successful a phased manner.
He said the authorities had guaranteed that nary vindictive enactment would beryllium taken against the nurses who participated successful the seven-day strike, and nary wage would beryllium deducted for the protestation period.
