The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Thursday approved establishment of 137 General Nursing and Midwifery (GNM) Schools under the Scheme of Upgradation / Strengthening
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Thursday approved establishment of 137 General Nursing and Midwifery (GNM) Schools under the Scheme of Upgradation / Strengthening of Nursing Services.
The new colleges would be established in the high focus states like Bihar, Chattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, North Eastern States, Orissa, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.The schools will be opened in these states at a total cost of Rs.1370 crore with a cost sharing pattern of 85:15 between the Central Government and States.
The expenditure on the part of Central Government would be Rs.1164.50 crore and the states are to contribute Rs.205.50 crore.
This is expected to increase the availability of trained nursing manpower and improve the quality of nursing education in the backward and special category states of the country.
Nursing Students More Likely to Cause "Smoky Wards"
An Italian study has revealed that nursing students already smoke twice as much as the general population average of smokers.
An Italian study has revealed that nursing students already smoke twice as much as the general population average of smokers.
The CCEA also approved, in order to meet the shortage of nurses, setting up of 132 Auxiliary Nursing and Midwifery (ANM) Schools under the same scheme.
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UK Nursing Body Raises Alarm Over Midwife Shortage As Birth Rates Rise
The Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) of the UK has raised an alarm over increasing shortage of midwives in many parts of the country at a time when birth rates are on the rise.
The Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) of the UK has raised an alarm over increasing shortage of midwives in many parts of the country at a time when birth rates are on the rise.
The expenditure on the part of Central Government would be Rs.561 crore and the States will contribute Rs.99 crore.
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