TN deploys 254 mobile medical teams, appoints 2000 new nurses in four districts

Minister of Health and Family Welfare C Vijayabaskar on Saturday told reporters that the Tamil Nadu government has appointed additional 2,000 nurses, on a six-month temporary basis, in Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram and Chengalpattu district government hospitals. The 2,000 are in addition to the 4,893 nurses who have been recruited across the state, the Minister informed.