Health secy told to file report on plea for more dialysis technicians in govt hosps

THE Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday sought a report from the health secretary on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition filed to appoint sufficient dialysis technicians on permanent basis in government hospitals across the state.

- @ Madurai

The litigant, C Anand Raj of Madurai, stated in his petition that as per an RTI report received by him in 2017, there were only seven permanent dialysis technician posts across all the government hospitals in the state. When he filed a PIL in that regard the same year, the court had urged the government to take necessary action to appoint qualified dialysis technicians in all government hospitals. However, four years later, only 160 technicians were recruited and that too on a te