Port Blair, March 12: The PCC President Kuldeep Rai Sharma has requested the Director of Health Services to fill up all pending posts of Nurses in the department. Having met the Director personally, Sharma said that there are about 500 trained nurses waiting for their turn to be appointed as Nurse in Government Hospitals of the A&N Administration. Such waiting numbers are increasing year after year thus increasing the number of unemployment.

Sharma also mentioned that most of these nurses are about to cross the prescribed age limit to join government service.  As per the communication received from Gandhi Bhawan, the Director has assured to take care of his request.