J-K LG orders appointment of 200 nursing orderlies

Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday ordered the immediate appointment of 200 nursing orderlies in the union territory after noticing a shortage of staff in isolation wards during a visit to a hospital here

The two regions of the UT -- Jammu as well as Kashmir -- would each get 100 of these nursing orderlies, an official spokesperson said

"Hon LG visits SMHS hospital; reviews COVID situation. On noticing a shortage of ward staff in isolation wards, directs immediate appointment, on a short term basis, of 200 nursing orderlies (100 each for Kashmir and Jammu) to attend to COVID patients in isolation," the spokesperson tweeted.