This story is from September 23, 2021

Nagpur Municipal Corporation plans to restart Covid hospitals at own expense

With Covid-19 positive cases seeing a marginal rise in the district, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) plans to restart two Covid Hospitals at its own expense in the next 15 days. The standing committee will take a decision on the proposal in the meeting on September 24.
Nagpur Municipal Corporation plans to restart Covid hospitals at own expense
Nagpur Municipal Corporation
NAGPUR: With Covid-19 positive cases seeing a marginal rise in the district, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) plans to restart two Covid Hospitals at its own expense in the next 15 days. The standing committee will take a decision on the proposal in the meeting on September 24.
As per the proposal tabled before standing committee, NMC health department sought 5.39 crore for recruiting back 611 healthcare workers for three months.
Also, 527 healthcare workers will be continued for vaccination duties at a cost of 4.46 crore, 58 healthcare workers for Covid Hospital at Indira Gandhi Rugnalaya at a cost of 75.96 lakh, and 26 at Covid Hospital at Isolation Hospital at a cost of 17.19 lakh.
NMC officials told TOI, “NMC used to get 3 crore per month as salaries of healthcare workers for its five Covid Hospitals and majority of staff on vaccination duty from the central government. The Centre stopped paying it from August 1. NMC continued 527 healthcare workers for vaccination at its own cost and closed down five Covid Hospitals. As cases are on rise, we need to restart Covid Hospitals. Plan is to start Indira Gandhi Rugnalaya first followed by others subject to number of patients. Proposal will be sent to the Centre seeking salaries. But NMC will have to bear it in case the Centre refuses to pay salaries. Therefore, proposal has been submitted before the standing committee.”
Positive cases were in single digits for majority of days in August in the district. In last 10 days, cases have been in double digit on seven days. There were 16 cases on Wednesday in the district.
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Anjaya Anparthi

Anjaya Rajam Anparthi, 33, is a principal correspondent with The Times of India, Nagpur edition and looking after civic beat. He also likes to write stories from power and mining beats. He is a fond lover of city’s environment and highlight stories related to trees, greenery, rivers, lakes, sewage system, water treatment plants, and pollution-level. The issues related to civic amenities takes him to various parts of the city, slum areas, posh localities and meet citizens, social activists, NGOs, corporators and political leaders. Daylong visit to the NMC’s administrative offices makes him easy in learning various planning and developments of the city. He too likes to visit the developmental projects being undertaken under JNNURM Scheme once in a week. Maintaining a good contact with 145 corporators and officials, he like to highlight various issues related to the city spread in over 217 sq.km.

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