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  • 36 PGIMER nursing students face action for missing 100th episode of ‘Mann Ki Baat’ 

    By PTI

    CHANDIGARH: Thirty-six students of PGIMER’s National Institute of Nursing Education (NINE) here were barred from leaving hostel for a week for not attending a programme where the 100th episode of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ was broadcast.

    The hospital authorities had made it compulsory for the first and third-year students to listen to the radio broadcast on April 30 at the institute.

    However, 36 girl students from NINE didn’t turn up.

    Following this, the nursing college authorities issued an order on May 3 informing the students — 28 from the third year and eight from the first year — that they would not be allowed to step out of the hostel for a week.

    PGIMER issued a statement late Thursday evening on “banning the outing of the nursing students after classes in evening due to non-attending the Mann Ki Baat programme..”.

    It was a little “overreaction” on part of the nursing college authorities and “the concerned have already been conveyed the displeasure of PGIMER administration”, it said.

    “So we humbly urge that the issue should not be given any other connotation or blown out of proportion in the larger public interest,” the statement issued to the media by Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research here, said.

    The NINE authorities had recently conveyed to the first and third-year students that it was compulsory for them to listen to the 100th episode of ‘Mann Ki Baat’ at lecture theatre-1 on April 30, the May 3 notice stated.

    The students were also warned that outings of those who do not attend the programme would be cancelled, it said.

    However, despite repeated reminders from the warden and the hostel coordinator, these students did not attend, the notice said.

    The PGIMER statement said, “This is to clarify that nursing students from National Institute of Nursing Education (NINE), a premier nursing college of the country and producing best nursing professionals, were asked to attend the ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme on April 30..”.

    “This instruction was given purely with an intent to enable them to attend the aforementioned episode as a part of their regular curricular activities wherein talks, guest lectures and discussions are arranged regularly by best speakers, experts, professionals to impart them value education.

    “Rather, in an earlier episode, the Hon’ble Prime Minister had interacted with an organ donor family, a case of transplantation from PGIMER, to promote the noble cause of organ donation, which was hugely morale boosting and invigorated more interest in the episode,” the statement said.

    The statement further said since some of the students did not share any reason for not attending the session and abstained from the event arranged for them in a lecture theatre, the college authorities took action against them.

    CHANDIGARH: Thirty-six students of PGIMER’s National Institute of Nursing Education (NINE) here were barred from leaving hostel for a week for not attending a programme where the 100th episode of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ was broadcast.

    The hospital authorities had made it compulsory for the first and third-year students to listen to the radio broadcast on April 30 at the institute.

    However, 36 girl students from NINE didn’t turn up.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    Following this, the nursing college authorities issued an order on May 3 informing the students — 28 from the third year and eight from the first year — that they would not be allowed to step out of the hostel for a week.

    PGIMER issued a statement late Thursday evening on “banning the outing of the nursing students after classes in evening due to non-attending the Mann Ki Baat programme..”.

    It was a little “overreaction” on part of the nursing college authorities and “the concerned have already been conveyed the displeasure of PGIMER administration”, it said.

    “So we humbly urge that the issue should not be given any other connotation or blown out of proportion in the larger public interest,” the statement issued to the media by Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research here, said.

    The NINE authorities had recently conveyed to the first and third-year students that it was compulsory for them to listen to the 100th episode of ‘Mann Ki Baat’ at lecture theatre-1 on April 30, the May 3 notice stated.

    The students were also warned that outings of those who do not attend the programme would be cancelled, it said.

    However, despite repeated reminders from the warden and the hostel coordinator, these students did not attend, the notice said.

    The PGIMER statement said, “This is to clarify that nursing students from National Institute of Nursing Education (NINE), a premier nursing college of the country and producing best nursing professionals, were asked to attend the ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme on April 30..”.

    “This instruction was given purely with an intent to enable them to attend the aforementioned episode as a part of their regular curricular activities wherein talks, guest lectures and discussions are arranged regularly by best speakers, experts, professionals to impart them value education.

    “Rather, in an earlier episode, the Hon’ble Prime Minister had interacted with an organ donor family, a case of transplantation from PGIMER, to promote the noble cause of organ donation, which was hugely morale boosting and invigorated more interest in the episode,” the statement said.

    The statement further said since some of the students did not share any reason for not attending the session and abstained from the event arranged for them in a lecture theatre, the college authorities took action against them.

  • Government may incentivise medical, nursing students for joining COVID-19 duty

    By PTI
    NEW DELHI:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday reviewed various measures to augment human resources for effective management of the COVID-19 situation and possible steps discussed include incentivising students and pass-outs of medical and nursing courses to join the pandemic duty, sources said.

    The final details are likely to be announced on Monday, they added.

    “Decisions may include delaying NEET and incentivizing MBBS pass-outs studying for it to join the COVID-19 duty. The decisions may also include utilising services of final-year MBBS and nursing students,” a government source added.

    The medical personnel doing the COVID-19 duty may be given preference in the government recruitment and financial incentives as well, the source said.

    The review meeting took place amid reports of healthcare personnel feeling overwhelmed in some parts of the country due to the surge in the COVID-19 cases, with testing facilities also being under a strain.

    In an earlier review meeting with Modi, institutions like Army had highlighted that they had opened temporary hospitals and their medical staff is also treating civilians wherever they can.