“Don t involve external agencies in the recruitment process” The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday directed the State government to recruit healthcare staff for the mini clinics through the District Health Society alone and under no circumstance involve external agencies in the recruitment process. Any appointments via the outsourcing mode will stand cancelled, the court said.
A Division Bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and S. Ananthi took cognisance of the State’s submission that made it clear that the recruitment would be made only through the District Health Society. It had proposed to recruit the healthcare staff from the same locality, taluk and district for the services where such clinics would be established, the State said.
‘Delay in employing staff for clinics would cause damage’
The Tamil Nadu government has informed the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court that any delay in employing essential staff for the Amma Mini Clinics at this stage would cause irreparable damage to the capacity of the State to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
It would also affect efforts to fight other seasonal diseases and derail the plan to implement the massive vaccination exercise. The government said the employment of essential staff was only temporary and contractual in nature.
In a counter-affidavit submitted to the court, the Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine T.S. Selvavinayagam said work relating to the COVID-19 pandemic had to be done without disturbing or compromising the regular health programmes. This cannot be done if regular staff are diverted to fever clinics and mini clinics.
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