CM Jai Ram Thakur announces MBBS students on COVID duty in Himachal to receive Rs 3,000 per month

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Tuesday announced that doctors and para-medical staff working at COVID hospitals would receive financial incentive till June this year. The fourth and fifth year MBBS students, contractual doctors and junior/senior residents would be provided an incentive of Rs 3,000 per month while



nursing students, General Nursing and Midwifery (GNM) third year students and contractual lab staff would be provided an incentive of Rs 1,500 per month, he said.

The announcement was made during a video meeting with officials of Kangra, convened in view of sharp surge in cases of this pandemic in the district.