Seeks dues for supply of food to canteens
Highly infuriated for not clearing outstanding billed amount against the canteen providing foods to the patients admitted in Doon Group of Hospitals, the contractor has threatened to stop the supply of food, if the State Health department did not take effective steps to clear the outstanding billed amount well before the given time frame.
However, department officials claimed that a requisition has been already placed to the health directorate for sanctioning funds in order to clear the outstanding canteen billed amount of the hospitals.
Sources confirmed that that Rs 17 lakh, Rs 12 lakh and Rs 4 lakh is pending against Doon Hospital, Doon Hospital (Female) and Pt Deen Dayal Upadhayay hospital for nearly five months, nine months, nearly six months for the hospitals respectively. The contractor supplies breakfast, lunch and dinner which includes whole diet course for the patients in the hospitals. It is noteworthy that the Doon Hospital, Doon Hospital (Female) and Pt Deen Dayal Upadhayay hospital has 400 beds, 110 and 75 beds.
Expressing his concerns over the outstanding billed canteen amount, Manoj Sharma, canteen operator, said that the memorandum was submitted many times to director of the Doon Group of Hospitals but the hospital administration failed to pay heed to redress his grievances.
He expressed his grief over the issue that pending amount is around Rs 33 lakh and it has become extremely difficult for him to ensure the supply of eatables to the Doon Group of Hospitals, if the health department does not clear the outstanding canteen billed amount till April, 15. It is also noteworthy that Doon Group of Hospitals got setback at the time when the state government is planning to convert hospital to government run medical college.
One of the department sources who wished anonymity told The Pioneer that a requisition has been already sent to the medical, health and family welfare department to sanction funds in order to clear the outstanding billed canteen amount. After assuring that outstanding billed canteen amount would be cleared well before the deadline, he claimed that department has been working round the clock for providing best
medical and health care to patients despite the fact the hospitals are overloaded with the flow of patients.