Bhubaneswar: Considering the request of the nursing, pharmacy, and allied medical students for enhancement of their stipend, and taking into account the importance of services being rendered by them, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday approved the enhancement of their stipend amount.
After this enhancement, these students will receive the following amount as stipends per month:
- Pharma – Rs 500
- ANM – Rs 2,000
- Sc (N) – Rs 5,000 for internship
- Phil in Clinical Psychology – Rs.10,000
- Phil in Psychatric Social Work- Rs.10,000
Earlier, the stipend amount for these students was Rs 250 stipend per month for D.Pharma, Rs 1,000 per month for ANM, Rs 2,500 for B.Sc(N) internship per month, Rs 7,000 for M. Phil in Clinical Psychology and Rs 7,000 for M. Phil in Psychiatric Social Work.
The Chief Minister expects that this enhancement will encourage students to extend better services to the people. This will further strengthen health services in Odisha, he hoped.
During the recent visit of 5T and Nabin Odisha Chairman VK Pandian, to MKCG Medical College and Hospital, the students had requested him to enhance their stipend.
It may be mentioned here that the Health & FW Department of Government of Odisha is running different degree and diploma courses such as B.Sc in Nursing, Auxiliary Nursing & Midwifery (ANM) course, Diploma in Pharmacy, M Phil in Clinical Psychology and M Phil in Psychiatric Social Work in the government institutions.
The government provides stipends to students of these courses for the period of their education during which they also provide clinical services at healthcare institutions.
