OPERATION THEATRE ALLOWANCE (SPECIAL ALLOWANCE)
TO THE NURSING PERSONNEL
(w.e.f. 01-07-2017)
Ref : RB’s
L/No. E(P&A)I-2017/SP-1/MH-1 dated 27-12-2017, RBE No. 207/2017
(i) Operation Theatre Allowance (Special
Allowance) @ Rs. 540/- per month is granted to the Nursing Personnel working in
the following specialized areas in Railway Hospitals under the Ministry of
Railways as per the recommendations of 7th CPC :-
(a)
All
Major Operation Theatres
(b)
All
Intensive Care Units/Intensive Care Treatment areas
(c)
Coronary
Care Units/Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories
(d)
Dialysis
Unit/Ward and Transplant Units/Wards
(e)
Intensive Care Units for Burns
(f)
Tetanus
Wards and Rabies Wards
(g)
Paediatric Nursery/Neonatal Units
(ii) Operation Theatre Allowance admissible to
nursing personnel is subject to the following conditions :-
(a)
The
allowance shall be paid to the nursing personnel for such period only when the
concerned staff is actually working in the specified areas. The minimum period
for working in the specialized areas
will be two to three years.
(b)
No Nursing Officer with less than one year of
service is to be posted for duty in these areas.
(c)
This allowance is restricted to 35% of the total
strength of Nursing Staff of any hospital.
(iii) The revised rates of Allowance shall be admissible with effect
from the 1st July, 2017.
