A group of nurses appointed during the COVID-19 pandemic has demanded that the government withdraw the order to sack them. They want the government to appoint them as permanent contract employees.
Joint Action Committee of MRB Nurses Association and MRB Covid Nurses Association were demanding regularization of all contract nurses. According to him, around 6,000 nurses who qualified through the Medical Recruitment Board exam in 2019 were appointed during the pandemic. However, 2,472 nurses were relieved of their jobs through a government order dated December 31, 2022. Earlier 818 nurses were dismissed.