27,000 health employees will be regularised in one go: Mohindra
Saturday, 02/03/2019
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Ludhiana : Health Minister Brahm Mohindra on Friday said three of the four demands of the protesting nurses of Patiala was agreed upon by him at a meeting on Thursday. The pending demand is the regularisation of services.
He was speaking on the sidelines of a function to start the celebrations for the 125 years of Christian Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) at Ludhiana on Friday.
On Thursday evening, two contractual nurses had jumped from atop the building of Government Rajindra Hospital, Patiala, and had sustained serious injuries. They have been protesting for the last 23 days.
He said the regularisation of the contractual staff was on the government’s manifesto. “The Chief Secretary has already written to all government departments and asked them to send a list of the contractual staff. The government will be regularising 27,000 employees in one go. I have told the nurses that three of their demands pending for the last 12-15 years have been accepted while the regularisation issue will also be addressed soon,” he added.
Meanwhile, Mohindra denied meeting any nurse named Amandeep Kaur, who alleged that the minister had said that it doesn’t matter if 1-2 nurses jump from the building in protest.
Welcoming IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman on his safe return, the Health Minister said all civil hospitals and dispensaries were ready for any kind of emergency situation, if it arises.
Addressing the function at the CMCH, Mohindra said: “Instead of opting for the Centre’s Ayushman Bharat Yojana, Punjab opted for the Bhagat Puran Singh Sehat Bima Yojana because nearly 43 lakh beneficiaries can be covered under it, which is just 14 lakh in case of the Central scheme. This was decided after collecting the socio-economic data of Punjab.”
