madurai the tamil nadu village health nurses association tnvhna has demanded the state government to fill all vacant village health nurses vhn and auxiliary nurse and midwife anm posts in primary health subcentres across the state to ensure undisrupted medical care for the publicthe tnvhna members in madurai submitted a petition to district collector dr s aneesh sekhar on monday as a part of a statewide demonstration k chinnaponnu state vice president tnvhna said that there is an ongoing confusion over posting of vhns in primary health subcentres particularly in madurai following the extension of the madurai city limits a total of 33 vhns were deputed to urban primary health subcentres in 2020 this was supposed to be a temporary arrangement subsequently these vhns were gradually posted back to rural primary health subcentres in a phased manner however now 13 vhns are continuing to work for urban primary health subcentres she saidchinnaponnu added that despite the deputy director of health services madurai directing to relieve the 13 vhns from duty and posting them back to rural primary health subcentres on february 2 the madurai corporation is yet to relieve them the madurai corporation should fill the vacant posts instead of forcing these vhns to continue their work there she saidmeanwhile health officials said that the 13 vhns would be relieved from work only when the posts are filled currently there are more vacancies of posts under corporation limits than in rural limits hence medical care may be affected if the vhns are relieved from duty said a senior health official