Plea to regularise jobs of outsourced workers at Erode medical college
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AAA Members of the Erode District Medical Department Workers’ Association, affiliated to AITUC, have urged Chief Minister M.K. Stalin to regularise the jobs of outsourced workers and also pay minimum wages to non-permanent nurses working at Government Erode Medical College and Hospital (GEMCH) at Perundurai.
In a petition by its president S. Chinnasamy submitted to Mr. Stalin, through Tiruppur MP K. Subbarayan, during his visit to the hospital on Sunday, members said that over 300 jobs for lab technicians, nurse assistants, housekeeping, security, gardeners, were outsourced in the hospital and were recruited and appointed by two private contractors. They were working for one to 15 years in the hospital for a minimum wage while nurses who had completed diploma in General Nursing and Midwifery were paid a maximum salary of ₹ 12,000 per month. “It is unfortunate that they
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Number of COVID Care Centres goes up as cases increase
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The district administrations in Thanjavur and Nagapattinam have increased the number of COVID Care Centres and the bed capacity, including beds with oxygen support, as the rate of infection reflected a sharp rise on Saturday and Sunday.
While Thanjavur district had reported a gradual spike over the last month, with students of various schools reporting positive in April, the recent infections are among the general public. Keeping in mind the increasing trend, the Thanjavur Medical College Hospital has suspended all elective surgeries and treatments; only emergency care wing will be functional. A total of 1,060 beds, of which 389 have oxygen support and 218 are in the intensive-care unit have been readied, official sources said.