Dhanbad, August 12: WHO choose the year 2020 as the “YEAR OF THE NURSE AND MIDWIVES” because of the contribution which nurses are making the world healthier Place and Nurses are the unsung heroes of the COVID-19 response. Nursing as a profession, with its own identity is the largest, the most diverse and one of the most respected among the health care profession.
Taking into account, comparison with Military, AIIMS, ESIC, Railways, NTPC, NPCIL, ONGC, HAL, what’s more, other PSU and Central Government Hospital Staff Nurses, the Coal India medical attendants have low pay, allowances and significantly less limited promotional avenue. All other area attendants have appealing position, rank, better pay and monetary profits. In this way, there ought to be equality in all manners.
Nursing Staff are frontline warriors in this Pandemic Covid-19 and everlastingly with essential job in health care system in Coal India. The entire world is valuing the continuous help delivered by the Nursing staff. PSUs and other sectors are increased their allowance, incentive with best nomenclature time to time in the similar way, the theme for the world health day 2020 is to support Nurse and Midwives.
Hence, their demands from the Chairman are enhancement of uniform allowance from Rs.4500/Year to Rs. 21600/Year at par with other Sectors, enhancement of Nursing allowance from Rs.400/Month to Rs.7200/Month at par with other sectors, change in the Nomenclature of Staff Nurse into Nursing Officer and others as per with Government of India, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Order dated 09/09/2016.
The Nursing staff initial recruitment, placement should be in executive cadre with pay as Per with Central Government/NPCIL/Indian Army, Navy, Airforce and Nursing Staff should be promoted from Non-executive to executive as per with Survey Discipline in Coal India.
On 9th May, 2020, a letter has been sent to The Chairman-Cum-Managing Director, of Coal India Limited by the Coal India Nurses Association, regarding the Career Growth and Pay anomaly of Nurses in Coal India.
The letter is concluded by talking about the growth with better pay & allowances that should be provided to the nurses.
