TN CM Announces Incentives For Medical Professionals Working During COVID-19 Pandemic
Chief Minister also announced a compensation of Rs 25 lakh each to the kin of the 43 doctors who lost their lives fighting COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu
Mumbai: Days after being sworn in as Tamil Nadu CM, MK Stalin announced incentives for medical professionals working during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Stalin announced that healthcare workers, including doctors, nurses and other support staff, will be given incentives for three months for their work.
From April to June 2021, the government will provide Rs 30,000 to doctors treating COVID-19 patients, Rs 20,000 to nurses and Rs 15,000 to each worker in COVID-19 wards. Additionally, Rs 20,000 will also be given as incentives to PG students (house surgeons) and trainee doctors to motivate them.
Further, the Chief Minister also announced a compensation of Rs 25 lakh each to the kin of the 43 doctors who lost their lives fighting COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu.
In August 2020, the Indian Medical Association issued an official statement that 43 doctors in Tamil Nadu died in the treatment of COVID-19 patients. However, the data was rejected by the AIADMK government and then Health Minister C Vijayabhaskar had dismissed this data, which was tweeted by DMK Youth Wing Secretary Udhayanidhi Stalin.
With the rise of the new transition, Chief Minister MK Stalin appealed to the general public and industries to donate to the Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund to fight against the raging pandemic.
In a statement, Stalin assured that the funds would only be used to augment medical infrastructure such as the production of medical oxygen production and storage facilities, purchase of RT-PCR kits, life-saving equipment among others.
“The funds collected will be used only to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and the details related to the expenses made (through the funds generated) would be available on a public domain ensuring transparency,” he said.
On Tuesday, Tamil Nadu recorded 29,272 fresh COVID-19 cases in the single biggest day spike so far, pushing the caseload to 14,38,509 while 298 deaths in the last 24 hours taking the toll to 16,178.
According to a medical bulletin, 19,182 people were discharged, taking the tally to 12,60,150, leaving 1,62,181 active infections.
The state capital accounted for 7,466 new infections, totalling 4,04,733 to date. The metropolis also leads in the number of fatalities with 5,368 deaths.
Besides Chennai, Chengalpet added 2,419 cases, Coimbatore 2,650, Thiruvallur 1,204 and Madurai 1,024, while the remaining 31 districts clocked new infections in triple digits.
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