Bhubaneswar : The State Government has approved the proposal for temporary engagement of 7000 trained manpower for Covid Care Homes covering 6798 Gram Panchayats in Odisha, read an order released by the Health Department.
“In view of the rapid spread of COVID-19 in the country and detection of large number of positive cases in the State, Government have proposed to establish Covid Care Homes/Covid Gruhas in each Panchayat of the State. For smooth management of these COVID Care Home, it has become necessary to augment the health work force in the State,” read the order signed by Additional Chief Secretary of Health department, PK Mohapatra.
The base level health activity in these Covid Care Homes will be managed by unemployed trained and registered ANMs. For the purpose, it has been decided to engage at least one unemployed ANM per each proposed COVID Care Home in each Panchayat.
In case, this category of manpower (unemployed ANMs) is not available, unemployed registered Staff Nurses or Pharmacists can be engaged in place of ANMs. While ANMs are entitled to a remuneration of Rs 850 per day, in case of their unavailability, Staff Nurses or Pharmacists will be engaged at a remuneration of Rs 1000 per day.
The engagement shall be made on the following terms and conditions:
👉🏻The engagement is purely temporary, for a period of 03 (three) months only or till Covid Care Homes are functional, whichever is earlier, keeping in view the emergency situation arising due to Covid-19.
👉🏻The engagement is terminable at any period of time without assigning any reason thereof. Further, such engagement does not confer any right on the engagee for any future engagement/regularisation of such engagement.
👉🏻Their engagement shall be done by respective CDM&PHOs through Walk-in-interview in a transparent manner, with proper advertisement, depending on the number of Covid Gruhas in their respective district.
👉🏻The remuneration shall be on daily-wage basis as per details mentioned above, i.e., as per Labour and ESI Department Notification No. 11688/LC (Pharma) dated 07.11.2019.
👉🏻In case of non-availability of ANMs, the CDM&PHO may engage alternatively, unemployed and trained Staff Nurses/Pharmacists in order of preference as mentioned above with daily remuneration @ Rs. 1000.
👉🏻The district wise number of ANMs to be engaged by virtue of this order shall depend on the number of Covid Gruhas to be opened in the districts respectively.