Port Blair, June 23: The Lt Governor, Lt Gen (Retd) Bhopinder Singh has approved the appointment of Smt Sharda Devi, a Great Andamanese Tribal to the post of ANM in the sub-centre of Strait Island on regular basis in the Pay Scale of Rs 5200-20200-GP Rs 2400/-.

Smt Sharda Devi has successfully completed her Auxiliary Nurse-Midwife (ANM)/MPHWF Training Course from ANM Training School, Port Blair during December 2012. She is the first Great Andamanese tribal to qualify the examination making herself eligible for appointment in the post of ANM in the Health Department of the Administration. The Lt Governor has also directed the Health department for guiding her in getting registration with the State Nursing & Midwife Council.