Telangana: Nurses protest over general transfers

Senior faculty in district teaching hospitals, doctors, ANMs, Anganwadi workers and even nurses who were deployed during the Covid pandemic in government hospitals, appear to be unhappy over the way the transfers are being implemented.

Hyderabad: General transfers in the state health department have continued to create unrest and resentment among health care workers from every cadre in teaching and non-teaching hospitals across Telangana. Senior faculty in district teaching hospitals, doctors, ANMs, Anganwadi workers and even nurses who were deployed during the Covid pandemic in government hospitals, appear to be unhappy over the way the transfers are being implemented.

On Friday evening, government nurses from different teaching and non-teaching hospitals of Telangana, who were attending counselling at the Office of Directorate of Public Health, Koti, protested over the way the general transfers were being taken-up.

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“We have submitted our options in the application and were called for counselling. However, when several of us reached the counselling centres, they (authorities) had already issued transfer orders in our names without even conducting counselling. What is the point of this entire exercise?,” several nurses questioned authorities at the DME office in Koti.

ఆశాలు, ఏఎన్ఎంలు, అంగన్వాడీలే కాదు, ఇప్పుడు స్టాఫ్ నర్సులు కూడా రోడ్డు మీదకు వచ్చి ఆందోళన చేసే దుస్థితిని కాంగ్రెస్ పార్టీ కల్పించింది.

బదిలీల ప్రక్రియలో లోపాలు ఉన్నాయని, తమకు అన్యాయం జరుగుతున్నదని స్టాఫ్ నర్సులు రెండు రోజులుగా తమ కుటుంబాలను వదిలి ఆందోళన చేస్తుంటే ప్రభుత్వం… pic.twitter.com/qmHO8grwDM

— Harish Rao Thanneeru (@BRSHarish) July 20, 2024

Meanwhile, former Health Minister and senior BRS leader, T Harish Rao supported the cause of health care workers. “It’s not just ANMs, ASHA and Anganwadi workers, even government staff nurses are unhappy over the way the general transfers are underway. It is sheer mismanagement on the part of the Congress Government. It is very clear that there are many loopholes in the way the general transfers are being taken-up in the health department. As a result, for the past two-days, nurses have been protesting. The State government must immediately respond and bring-in some transparency over the way the transfers are being taken-up,” Harish Rao on social media platform X, said.

List of demands of nurses:

• Display correct and appropriate long standing seniority list Zone wise.

• Display 40 percent compulsory transfer list Zone wise.

• Give promotions prior to general transfer as nursing officers did not get promoted since 30 years

• First fill-up clear vacant posts then take-up transfers

• Long standing seniority list must be released in a transparent manner

• First fill vacant posts in City and then only consider long standing seniority list