Wednesday, September 28, 2011: State government has decided to give
up an order making the one-year internship compulsory for nursing
students in the state.
An assurance in this regard was given today by Health Minister Adoor
Prakash in the assembly while replaying to a submission made by Shafi
Parambil (Cong).
Internship was part of the courses offered to para-medical students
by different universities in the state and so, there was no need for a
compulsory one-year internship, he said.
Shafi said nursing students were being exploited by self-financing
nursing colleges by forcing them to work a regular staff in hospitals in
the name of internship.
The students were not given any facilities and were subjected to
exploitation, he said. The payment to them for doing more than 12-hour
duty was only between Rs 1500 and Rs 2000, he said.
One-year internship for nursing students was made compulsory by the previous CPI-M led LDF Government.
Asnwering another submission, Prakash said the government was
planning to bring amendments in the State Organ Transplant Law to
simplify the procedures for donating organs.
A M Vincent (Cong) wanted the government to bring in a law similar to
the one existed in neighbouring Tamil Nadu for Organ Transplant in the
state.
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