On International Nurses Day, a day to recognise their contribution to healthcare services, nurses recruited through the Medical Services Recruitment Board and working on a contract basis in government healthcare facilities in Tamil Nadu, will observe a fast in support of their long-pending demands such as regularisation of services. Nearly 10,000 nurses recruited through MRB are working in government hospitals …
When things went out of control, Sharon, a govt nurse in Tamil Nadu paid Rs 2 lakh to get transferred near her hometown, but her troubles are far from over as she now travels six hours a day to work and back all for a meager salary of Rs 14,000 a month Editor’s note: In 2020, the COVID-19 outbreak upended …