Tamil Nadu announces financial incentives to front line workers

Chennai, May 12: On the occasion of international nurse day, the Tamil Nadu government announced the financial incentives for COVID frontline warriors including nurses, doctors, healthcare workers. Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin announces the initiative via social media. He announced incentives to frontline workers including doctors, nurses and paramedics, and other staff members who are involved in Covid duty for the month of April, May, and June.

 

According to the government, the government will provide Rs 30,000 each to doctors treating COVID patients, Rs 20,000 each to nurses, and Rs 15,000 each to other workers in COVID-19 wards.

 

 

 

 

In addition to this, the government also said that PG and trainee doctors will get Rs 20,000 for their hard work during the pandemic. He also announced ex-gratia of Rs 25 lakh each for families of 43 doctors who had lost their lives in the line of duty in the battle against COVID. Stalin also extended his greetings to the nurses on the International Nurses Day that falls on May 12.

 

 

Tamil Nadu on Tuesday recorded 29,272 fresh COVID-19 cases in the single biggest day spike so far, pushing the caseload to 14,38,509 while 298 deaths in the last 24 hours taking the toll to 16,178.

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