Bambolim (Goa): State Health Minister Vishwajit Rane has decided to filter out those nurses who are trying to get into the government job without proper training.

Rane told reporters today that the Institute of Nursing Education would design a module of practical that will be implemented during selection of nurses.

“We are going to have module of practical knowledge that the nurses will have to pass before they are recruited in government service,” he said talking to reporters on the sidelines of a function held to observe International Nurses Day.

“A lot of injustice has been done while selecting nurses. We will not allow it now,” he said.

Rane said that one of the aspirants for government job as a nurse had come with the complaint that in past she was asked to pay Rs 5 lakh to get the post.

Rane said that the state government will fill 150 vacancies in days to come.

Rane also said that the state government is working out a process to absorb several hundred nurses who are working on contractual basis in different government run institutions for 7-8 years.

Team TNV