Guntur: Trained nurses are seeking a minimum wage of Rs 20,000 per month. They have requested the government to introduce welfare schemes for the betterment of the lives of nurses, who relentlessly serve for the swift recovery of patients.
Trained nurses state that they render health services to the public, but sadly do not receive any health benefits for them or their families. The Trained Nurses’ Association of India, leaders say that the TNAI is demanding a minimum wage for nurses, but this has not materialised for many years.
The TNAI national president, Anita Deodhar, said that 3 lakh nurses were members of their association, which started in the year 1908 and was recognised by the Union government in the year 1950. She said that TNAI was working to resolve all issues related to trained nurses in all the states in India.
Ms Anita said that the TNAI conducted skill development training programmes and for the very first time they were conducting conferences on ‘empowering nurses through advanced technology’ in a government medical college in Guntur, which started on Friday.
She stated that 1,000 delegates participated in the conference from various parts of the country.
She said that a scientific exhibition, business session, debate, quiz, speeches by experts on advanced technology and quiz competitions will be held during the conference which will conclude on December 3.
TNAI secretary, Evalin P. Kannan, said that the TNAI knocked on the doors of the Supreme Court seeking the implementation of a minimum wage to trained nurses in the year 2011.The apex court gave the verdict, but a majority of states are not implementing these orders. She said that the TNAI is planning to go to court to get justice.
TNAI AP president, B. Valli, said that there is a separate directorate for nursing in West Bengal.
