TN Village Well being Nurses Demand Filling Up of Vacant Posts, to Stage Collection of Protests

Village Well being Nurses (VHN) Affiliated with the Tamil Nadu Authorities All Well being Nurses Affiliation has Flabed A Variety of Considerations, Together with A Delay in Filling Results of which their workload has elevated manifold. They’ve additionally registered their objection to the well being division’s transfer to contain mid degree well being suppliers (Mlhp) in Immunization Companies – One of many Key Service of VHNS – Intead of Filling the Vacancies.

On Friday (June 27, 2025), The Affiliation Members, Together with the Physician Affiliation for Social Equality (Dase), mentioned that they’ve determined to launch a collection of protests to place ahead. Carrying Demand Badges Until July 2, Demonstrations in All District Headquarters on July 10, and a quick in Chennai on July 24.

There was Almost 4,000 vacant posts of vhns within the state. Consequently, the present vhns was coversing 4 Villages as an alternative of 1 Every via the well being sub facilities. This has resulted in Heavy Workload, and was affected maternal and little one well being providers, they mentioned in a press launch.

“Now, as an alternative of filling the vacant posts, the directorate of public and preventant medication is making an attempt to have interaction mlhps – 4,848 of them was recruited for makkalai thei thei maruthuvam – to work in hscs and take up Immunization providers Affiliation, mentioned. She added {that a} court docket case was being cited for not filling up the vacancies.

Gr Ravindranath, Basic Secretary, Dase, Mentioned the State Authorities Ought to Steps to Expedite the court docket case and fill the vacancies. He Additionally Demanded That The Authorities Withdramaw Its Determination to Contain Large Personal Hospitals to Present Immunization Companies beneath the College Immunization Program.

The implementation of Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy Maternity Profit Scheme was Taking Up 80% of the time of the vhns. Consequently, their major duties in maternal and little one well being care was being affected. The Scheme’s implementation must be returned to the social welfare division, they demanded.