‘PROVIDE HOME POSTING, INSURANCE COVER TO CONTRACTUAL WOMEN HEALTH WORKERS’

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) president Ajay Kumar Lallu has urged chief minister Yogi Adityanath to consider seven-point demands, including home posting and insurance cover, of 16,000 contractual women health workers.

Lallu has written a letter to the chief minister in this regard. He said the contractual women health workers have played a crucial role in fight against Covid-19, Japanese Encephalitis and vaccination, and helping in routine medical work.

He said that their problems should be resolved immediately and their posting in home districts must be ensured. Lallu said a minimum salary of Rs 25,000 should be given to contractual women health workers till they were absorbed on regular posts.

He also said that an insurance cover and minimum compensation of Rs 50 lakh should be given to women health workers who died in fight against Covid-19.