Redeployment of staff nurses continues amid growing objections

The Tamil Nadu government is redeploying 210 staff nurses from new medical colleges to established hospitals to address manpower shortages. The move has faced criticism from nursing associations, which argue that the state should create new posts rather than shifting existing staff.
Despite repeated appeals for the creation of new posts in government hospitals, Tamil Nadu continues to depend on redeployment of healthcare staff to address manpower gaps. In the latest move, the State government has given the nod to redeploy 210 posts of staff nurses from seven new medical college hospitals to four major institutions that are in need of manpower.
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