The West Bengal government on June 29 decided to raise the superannuation age for nurses working in state-run hospitals from 60 years to 62 years, a senior official said.
 

The state government also decided to raise the age bar from 39 years to 45 years for employing nurses on contractual basis, he said. The state-run hospitals which have around 84,000 beds require around 50,000 nurses to provide necessary medical assistance, the official added.