30-04-2025
AIDYO condemns State government's decision to close down ANMTCs
The Mysuru district committee of All India Democratic Youth Organisation (AIDYO) has condmened the State government's decision to close down all the Auxiliary Nursing Midwife Training Centres (ANMTC) in the State.
In a statement here, AIDYO Secretary Suma S. said the ANMTCs were Junior Health Assistant Training Centres that provided valuable employment opportunities in the healthcare sector.
'Despite many young women having enrolled in the two-year course in January and undergoing training, the Health Department's move to abruptly halt the training and close all training centers is an anti-youth measure,' she said.
Although those affected by the mid-term discontinuation of training have been offered the opportunity to join the 18 government-run Diploma in Nursing (GNM) schools in the State, those unwilling to pursue the three-year diploma nursing course have been instructed to return home, Ms. Suma said.
Health of rural communities
'This decision effectively expels numerous female students from their chosen training programme without prior notice,' she said adding that ANMTC trainees were appointed as Health Protection Officers in rural Primary Health Centers, where they work alongside ASHA workers to ensure proper treatment for postpartum women and other patients in villages.
However, the decision to cancel such training programmes and posts in the name of cost management will adversely impact the health of rural communities, AIDYO said.
To evade legal complications, the Health Department is resorting to unethical tactics by obtaining consent letters from trainees and their parents, stating that they are voluntarily joining the Diploma in Nursing course. AIDYO calls upon everyone to unite and fight against the closure of ANMTC training centres, said Ms. Suma.
