West Bengal associations question Govt's decision to permit private nursing schools

Kolkata: Medical associations have started questioning the West Bengal Government's decision to allow private entities to open nursing schools in state-run medical colleges and hospitals and also in state-run super speciality hospitals.
As per a recent guideline issued by the West Bengal Health Department, a proposal has been floated to start nursing schools in those medical colleges and super speciality hospitals that are located in remote areas of the state.
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Interested private entities have been asked to come forward to open the nursing schools and use the infrastructure of the hospitals.
Opposing the move, the general secretary of the Association of Health Service Doctors, Manas Gumta said that the state government was acting on its whims while taking decisions involving the health sector.
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