The Delhi Government on Monday wrote a letter to all three Municipal Corporation Commissioners on non-payments of salaries and other dues to the doctors, medical, para medical and other staff working in the Hindu Rao and Kasturba Hospital under the MCD.
The letter read , “The MCDs should expeditiously clear the salaries of the medical staff of these hospitals, and in case they are unable to pay the salaries and handle the hospitals, 'they may consider handing over their hospitals to Delhi government to avoid any further anguish to medical, para medical and other staff and inconveniences to patients/relatives/citizens of Delhi during ongoing Covid pandemic.”
Satyendar Jain said, "Resident doctor association of above hospitals have threatened to go on strike if their dues are not cleared on time and MCD failed to meet the deadlines for paying them on time.
Above said situation has led to inconvenience and improper treatment to COVID patients and it has forced Delhi Government to shift COVID patients from Hindu Rao Hospital to Lok Nayak hospital of GNCTD for continuum of medical care. It is evident that MCD is finding difficulty in proper running a management of their hospitals which has led anguish among doctors and paramedical staff and inconvenience to patients relatives/citizens of Delhi during ongoing COVID Pandemic and treatment of non-covid ailments."
The letter addressed to the MCD commissioners said, "Serious concerns have been raised regarding non-payment of salaries/wages/other dues to the medical, para medical and other staff working in Hindu Rao Hospital, Kasturba Hospital and other hospitals of DMCs. It has been mentioned that inability to pay the salaries and other dues in time has led to a situation where proper treatment to Covid patients is not being given and Covid patients are forced to shift from Hindu Rao Hospital to Lok Nayak Hospital of GNCTD for continuum of medical care."
The letter further read, "In this regard, it is worth mentioning that under the extant recommendations of the 5th Delhi Finance Commission, the first and second installments of Basic Tax Assignment (BTA) by UD Department and Grant-in-aid by Health and Education Departments have already been released to the DMCs.