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Two more nursing colleges to be set up in State

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Stock-taking: A high-level meeting on demands of nursing college students in progress in Berhampur on Tuesday. –

BERHAMPUR: The State government proposed to establish two more ‘government nursing colleges’ in the State, Director of Medical Education and Training (DMET) Prasanna Kumar Das said here on Tuesday. The state government would also declare the government nursing college in Berhampur ‘a centre of excellence’.

Mr Das was in the city to attend a high-level meeting convened by the Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC), southern division, Satyabrata Sahu to discuss the demands of students of Government Nursing College of the city. It may be noted that the students of this college had locked up their college from Aug 6 night till Aug 12 following disappearance of a third year student who had failed. The students had used the time to bring their long-standing demands to the fore.

The high-level meeting chaired by the RDC to sort out the demands of the nursing students was attended by the DMET, Ganjam district Collector V.K.Pandian, Berhampur SP Devidutta Singh, administrative officer of the MKCG Medical College Ranjan Sharma, principal of the Nursing College Amrita Lenka. Representatives of the students of the institute also attended the meeting.

The DMET as well as other officials were of the opinion that the demands of the students were genuine. But the DMET said it would not be possible for the State government to take any decision on these demands as the election code of conduct for the coming urban body elections was in force. He also promised to fill some vacancies of clinical instructors in the institute within two to three months. As per the norms of the Indian Nursing Council, the institute should have 23 teaching posts. But the State government has approved only 17 posts for the institute. Of these approved posts 13 posts are vacant.

The administrative officials also promised the students to propose to the state government to hike the stipend of fourth year nursing students. The students are demanding the stipend to be hiked from Rs. 1500 per month to Rs. 5000. The students’ representatives said following assurance given by officials they have deferred their strike.

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