Lucknow: Terming staff nurses as the backbone of the health department, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath recently handed over appointment letters to over 1,354 staff nurses.
Addressing the ceremony of distribution of appointment letters to 1,354 staff nurses selected by the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission at Lok Bhavan here, he said nurses should behave in a comforting way with patients.
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If the behavior of a doctor and staff nurse towards the sick is not good, his condition will not improve. Good behaviour is equally important as good medicines, he said.
The chief minister also said that 5 lakh youths have been appointed on various posts in the state government services in the last five years.
Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak also attended the event.
Maintaining that the UP model of Covid management was praised all over the world, the CM said that when every person was trying to save himself, the ANMs, Aaganwadi, Asha workers, paramedical staff and doctors were busy saving lives of people, reports TOI.
Yogi said that the maternal and infant mortality rate has decreased in the state in the last five years. "There has been a vast improvement in the process of vaccination. All the staff nurses, doctors, and employees must participate in the task of uploading the data.
team had earlier reported that in an effort to combat rising dengue cases in the state, the government had directed the officials to set up dedicated hospitals in every district on the lines of COVID-19 hospitals during the pandemic. Facilities for platelet and dengue testing should be available in every district.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath held a high-level meeting to review the dengue situation in Uttar Pradesh.
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