Nurses demand rise in salaries, other benefits
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Nurses working on contract basis in the Belagavi Institute of Medical Sciences have submitted a memorandum to the government demanding increased salaries and other benefits.
For 13 years, “we have worked for only ₹10,000 consolidated pay. We are not getting any allowances. The Union and State governments promised us COVID-19 allowance and special health and life insurance benefits. We have not got any,” they said.
They pointed out that a Government Order that revised their basic salaries in 2019 has not been implemented. This order said that all contract employees should get salary equal to basic salary given to a permanent employee. This needs to be implemented immediately, they said.
Nodal officers to manage health crisis appointed
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Deputy Commissioner K. Harish Kumar has appointed nodal officers to assist him in COVID management. He has appointed officers to check on hospital administration, supply and use of oxygen, distribution of drugs, including Remdesivir, and other essentials.
The officers will visit hospitals, drug storage centres and oxygen factories once every day and submit reports.
They can hear Public grievances and issue orders to rectify anomalies in logistics supply.
The officers in charge are Additional Deputy Commissioner Y. Yogeshwar for Belagavi Institute of Medical Sciences (BIMS) that has the most patients and Belagavi City Corporation Commissioner K.H. Jagadish for all other hospitals.
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BELAGAVI: A chance examination of Aadhaar cards of two young women who delivered babies in a Belagavi hospital in December set off investigations by police and child protection departments, leading to the arrest of two men for marrying minor girls.
Though the incident took place in December, the men, aged 24 and 26 and who work as daily labourers, were arrested under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (Pocso) in the third week of January. They are lodged in the jurisdictional police station.
Sources said the duo will be produced before court after police file a chargesheet by the end of this month.
Death of Karnataka healthcare worker not due to COVID-19 vaccination, says expert committee
The report says she was suffering from a headache frequently and was later diagnosed with cerebral aneurysm after an MRI scan.
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BELAGAVI: An expert committee has reported that the death of a 33-year-old Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) from Belagavi is unlikely to be due to taking the COVID-19 vaccine. The report says she was suffering from a headache frequently and was later diagnosed with cerebral aneurysm after an MRI scan.
The 33-year-old worker from Galataga village of Chikkodi taluk had taken the Covishield vaccine on January 22. After eight days, she complained of headache and vomiting. She was first admitted to the taluk hospital in Nippani, and then to Chikkodi hospital.