Healthcare in jeopardy as ANMs not paid salaries

Healthcare in jeopardy as ANMs not paid salaries PNS | Kalahandi The Central Government has implemented programmes like KBK Yojana in Orissa meant for uplifting the rural people of backward regions. However, lax attitude of the State Government has now put the programmes in doldrums. Recently, it has been observed that theState Government send the Auxiliary Nurses and Midwives (ANMs) to remote areas and make them work without paying for a long period of time. While many people have died of diarrhoea in the district in the last couple of months, ANMs were reported to be absent in most of villages, including the interior areas of the district. According to the reports, the ANMs of Kalahandi have not been paid their salaries for the last eight months. Besides, willingness to serve in almost all the villages is also lacking among them. Immediate intervention of the State Government is required to resolve the issue.