Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation now woos doctors with double salary offer

NAVI MUMBAI: After an earlier recruitment drive got a tepid response, NMMC is overhauling its health machinery, as cases of Covid-19 are increasing, with a massive recruitment drive. It will recruit 5,485 personnel, including 1,869 doctors and 3,616 paramedical staff, at almost double the salary. A doctor with an MBBS, MD qualification will get a salary of Rs 2.5 lakh, instead of Rs 1.25 lakh offered earlier.
NMMC carried out a drive last month to fill 590 posts, including 240 doctors and 350 paramedical staff but it failed to get required candidates, attributed to meagre remuneration.
With testing expedited, NMMC wants to recruit lab technicians and data entry operators too. The minimum contractual tenure will be for six months, which may be extended depending on the situation.
NMMC commissioner Abhijit Bangar told TOI, “We have doubled the salary so that a good number of candidates will come forth. This is the best offer compared to neighbouring civic bodies. We intensified our containment strategy while carrying out antigen tests, for which more manpower is needed.”
NMMC needs 300 MBBS, 1,500 BAMS, BHMS and BUMS besides, 30 MD, four microbiologists and 35 intensivists. It also requires 1,600 bedside assistants and 1,000 staff nurses and 800 auxiliary nurses. Earlier, NMMC offered a monthly honorarium of Rs20,000 to Rs 1.25 lakh. Now, doctors with MD degrees will get Rs 2.5 lakh instead of Rs 1.25 lakh, while MBBS doctors are being offered Rs 1 lakh instead of Rs65,000.
A staff nurse can draw Rs45,000 against Rs30,000 earlier, followed by an auxiliary nurse’s Rs35,000 instead of Rs25,000 earlier.