Tiruchi govt. hospital workers nurses, recruited by MRB, search wage increase with retrospective impact

According to a Government Order with impact from May 1, 2021, the nurses’ salaries had been elevated from ₹14,000 to ₹18,000, with a 5% annual increment relevant from their date of becoming a member of till their date of switch to time scale of pay.

While a big variety of nurses have benefited from the rise prior to now three years by way of regularisation, a minimum of 400 proceed to attend for his or her flip all through the State.

“There are roughly 46 nurses who haven’t obtained the proposed wage increase on the MGMGH, regardless of their lengthy years of service. It has been 4 years for the reason that 2021 order, however we’re being given excuses every time we increase the problem,” V. Sara, a nurse working on the Tiruchi GH, informed The Hindu.

Ms. Sara, who pursued the matter by way of a Right to Information (RTI) petition on behalf of affected nurses, introduced a request to Chief Minister M.Okay. Stalin on his current go to to town.

Nurses underneath authorities service can earn upwards of ₹30,000 as salaries.

“Though we’re working similar to the federal government workers nurses, MRB nurses are nonetheless receiving ₹14,000. We get an annual increment of ₹500; these incomes ₹18,000 are getting ₹900 as increment. It is unlucky that such pay disparity exists on completely different ranges inside the nursing workers cadre,” stated Ms. Sara.

Many nurses stated that it was exhausting to make ends meet with the present wage. “New appointees underneath the National Health Mission schemes after 2021 are incomes greater than us. We have appeared for eligibility exams just like the others, so why ought to we be discriminated in opposition to?” requested a nurse from Karur Medical College.

Nurses who’ve migrated from rural areas stated that their wage couldn’t cowl their dwelling bills. “I’ve to pay lease for a room in Jayamkondan, the place I work, and assist my household in my village, since my husband’s agricultural earnings just isn’t common,” stated Ruth, a nurse with 5 years of expertise.

“The phrase ‘contract’ is utilized in our employment, although it doesn’t specify its time period or validity. MRB nurses work as exhausting as their colleagues who’re on a daily authorities pay scale. It is unfair to delay the decision of their pay increase,” stated R.M. Vignesh, State joint secretary, Tamil Nadu Government MRB Nurses Empowerment Association.