Medicos on corona duty to now get ₹10K a month

EARLIER, MONTHLY INCENTIVE WAS FIXED AT ₹3,000 FOR FINAL YEAR MBBS STUDENTS

SHIMLA: After drawing flak for roping in medical interns and MBBS final year students in the battle against Covid-19 by paying them a paltry sum of ₹3,000, the health department has increased the incentive for medicos to ₹10,000 a month to overcome the staff crunch.

Two days ago, the government announced that final year MBBS and nursing students and contractual doctors shall be deployed in Covid hospitals till June 30.

The health department fixed ₹3,000 a month as incentive for final year MBBS students, junior and senior residents and contractual doctors. It announced that nursing students, contractual laboratory staff and general nursing and midwifery (GNM) third-year students will be given ₹1,500 a month for working at Covid care facilities.

In the fresh notification, the government raised the incentive for final year MBBS students, junior and senior residents and contractual doctors to ₹10,000 a month. BSC nursing and MSC third-year students will now be paid ₹6,000 a month and contractual laboratory staff will get ₹5,000 a month. The state is reporting over 2,500 cases daily for the past week. Kangra, Solan, Una, Mandi and Shimla districts are worst hit.

Ensure maximum production of oxygen: CM to manufacturers

The foremost priority of the state government was to ensure adequate oxygen supply in the state’s health institutions so that there is no shortage of life-saving gas in wake of the surge in Covid-19 cases, chief minister Jai Ram Thakur said on Friday.

He was addressing addressing the oxygen manufacturers in the State through video conferencing from Shimla.

During the corona pandemic, CM said, it becomes duty of everyone to help the community in best possible way to mitigate the impact of virus outbreak.