COVID-19 care facilities during the pandemic will get priority in regular appointments on the basis of their qualifications.This was announced by state Health and Family Welfare Minister N K Das while replying to questions raised by BJP whip Mohan Majhi and Congress whip Taraprasad Bahinipati in the assembly.The minister said that about 21,000 ANMs, staff nurses, pharmacists, radiographers and multipurpose health workers (MPHW) were appointed purely on a temporary basis keeping in view the pandemic situation last year.There was no formal scrutiny or any other criteria for their appointment.
They were also categorically told that they would be disengaged from service as and when the number of coronavirus cases would decline, Das said.Around.