Days after the resident doctors of the north Corporation run Hindu Rao Hospital went on a "symbolic indefinite strike" over non-payment of their due salaries for the last three months, the Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday ordered shifting of all coronavirus patients from Hindu Rao to its own hospitals.
Jain said that the MCD must release the salaries of the doctors and staff of these hospitals.
"If the Corporation is unable to pay then it should hand over hospitals to the Delhi government. They can go to any of the government hospitals treating Covid-19 patients. There are currently 20 COVID patients admitted to Hindurao and they will be shifted to the Delhi government hospitals by Sunday," he said.
Jain said, "The positive cases were 2807 and around 50000 tests were conducted yesterday. The positivity ratio is 5.82 per cent. There were 39 deaths and 3098 people were discharged from the hospitals yesterday. The net positive cases in Delhi are less than 22000, which were 32000 at one point."
"I want to request the MCD to pay the salaries of the MCD as soon as possible and if the North MCD cannot pay the salaries of Kasturba Gandhi Hospital and Hindu Rao hospital, it can handover these hospitals under the Delhi government. We will run these hospitals better than them and release all the salaries to the staff," he said.
BJP is doing politics over the issue, they earn
through several taxes, and if they can't run their hospitals, then they should hand them over to the Delhi government," Jain said.
Hindu Rao Hospital is the largest municipal hospital in Delhi with 900 beds, and is currently a dedicated COVID-19 facility.