COVID-19: Punjab Health Minister urges NHM employees to resume duty on Monday ANI | Updated: May 09, 2021 18:18 IST
Chandigarh [India], May 9 (ANI): Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Sunday appealed to the employees of the National Health Mission to resume their duties from Monday morning in the larger public interest as the state reels under the effects of the second wave of COVID-19.
He also stated that if they fail to do so, stricter actions will be taken against them under The Disaster Management Act.
The contractual employees under the NHM have been on an indefinite strike and demanded the state government for regularising jobs. They have staged protests at hospitals amid the rising COVID infection in the state.
Five critical areas of action were discussed for addressing the needs and challenges of the recent phase of the COVID 19 pandemic in these states, which have seen an unprecedented surge in the number of daily cases and increased mortality.
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Centre reviews preparedness of 5 states in Eastern India to face Covid, highlights 5 areas of action ANI | Updated: May 05, 2021 22:21 IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): The Centre on Wednesday reviewed the preparedness of five States in eastern India to face the current phase of the COVID pandemic and highlighted five critical areas of action.
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan along with Member (Health), NITI Aayog Dr Vinod K Paul chaired a high-level meeting today with the Eastern States of Assam, West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar and Jharkhand.
The review meeting assessed the arrangements put in place by these eastern states for containment and management of the COVID-19 pandemic. Evidence suggests that the pandemic is moving eastward and a rise has been observed in the number of daily cases in these states along with rising mortality.
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Centre to strengthen public healthcare by increasing Ayushman Bharat centres to 150,000 by 2022: Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan ANI | Updated: Feb 17, 2021 22:07 IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], February 17 (ANI): The Central government plans to bolster the public healthcare system across the country by increasing the number of Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs) from the current 60,000 to 150,000 by December 2022, Union Health and Family Welfare Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said on Wednesday.
Bhushan said his ministry is also creating a new cadre of Community Health Officers (CHOs), which is basically populated by BSc nursing professionals. There are other professionals also who will be manning this cadre to operationalise the HWCs.
NHM MP Recruitment 2021 For 3570 Community Health Officers, Apply Online Before February 17
Job Alert Published: Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 12:00 [IST]
The National Health Mission (NHM) has invited applications for the post of Community Health Officers (CHOs) on its official website nhmmp.gov.in. There are a total of 3570 vacancies available as part of this recruitment process. The interested and willing candidates can apply for the NHM MP CHO Recruitment 2021 online before 17 February 2021.
There are a total of 3570 posts available for the recruitment of Community Health Officers.
However, for 6 months Certificate in Community Health Training, there are 1680 vacancies; and for direct recruitment, there are 1890 vacancies.