Balaraman committee recommendations not acceptable: Mgmt

Thursday, May 03, 2012: The Hospital Management Association today said that it will not accept the Balaraman committee report submitted to the Government.
The committee, appointed by the State Government to study the nursing sector, had submitted its report yesterday.
In it’s report, it is recommended that the basic salary of staff nurses be revised as Rs 12,900. Senior staff nurses who have three years’ work experience should be given Rs 13,650. The salary of head nurses should be Rs 15,150. Deputy Nursing Superintendent, Nursing Superintendent and Nursing officer have been recommended to give Rs 17,740, Rs 19,740 and Rs 21,360 respectively.
The report also wanted the “bond system” in hospitals to be strictly banned and duty hours of nurses fixed as eight hours.
The recommendations are one sided, the management association said. The commission did not listen to the issues faced by the private hospitals, the representatives of the association said.