Govt hires 1.2K more doctors, health workers
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:11.06.2020
As Covid-19 cases continued to surge in Tamil Nadu, the government on Wednesday announced recruitment of 1,239 doctors and 2,834 healthcare workers on a contract basis for a three-month period.
This is in addition to the 530 doctors, 4,893 nurses, 2,715 health inspectors and 1,508 lab technicians the health and family welfare department hired earlier.
An official release said chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami has ordered the appointment of 574 post-graduates at a monthly salary of ₹75,000 and 665 more doctors (graduates) at ₹60,000 a month. The lab technicians and 1,230 multipurpose healthcare personnel will be paid between ₹12,000 and ₹15,000. Orders were being issued and they are in the process of joining duty, health minister C Vijayabaskar told mediapersons on Wednesday and added that this would lessen the burden of doctors and other healthcare workers. Beds in government hospitals in Chennai will also be increased from about 5,000 beds to 10,000.
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