Overview
- The state handed appointment letters to 25 relatives of the deceased, with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah presenting the orders.
- The roles include Second Division Assistants and Group D staff assigned to the Chamarajanagar medical college and hospital.
- Organisers said two people declined offers and some placements are delayed for technical reasons, with 31 families cleared for hiring.
- The action follows a 2021 oxygen failure at Chamarajanagar District Hospital that an inquiry later linked to 36 deaths.
- Families pressed for redress through protests and appeals and received job assurances during Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra.