“.it is worth mentioning that under the extant recommendations of the 5th Delhi Finance Commission, the first and second instalments of basic tax assignment by UD department and grant-in-aid by health and education departments have already been released to the MCDs by Delhi government for financial year 2020-21. He sought an action taken report from the urban development department in the matter.Īfter this, the department’s ‘local bodies’ wing sent letters to the three MCD commissioners, saying that “serious concerns” have been raised regarding non-payment of salaries, wages and other dues to the medical, paramedical and other staff of Hindu Rao, Kasturba and other MCD hospitals.

The minister further wrote that if the MCDs are finding it difficult to pay salaries and to run the hospitals, the three MCD commissioners should be asked to hand over all the hospitals to the Delhi government. The note said “it is evident that MCD is finding difficulty in proper running and management of their hospitals, which has led to anguish among doctors and paramedical staff, apart from causing inconvenience to patients relatives/citizens of Delhi during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and treatment of non-Covid ailments.”

The above-said situation has led to inconvenience and improper treatment to Covid-19 patients and it has forced the Delhi government to shift Covid-19 patients from Hindu Rao Hospital to Lok Nayak hospital of the Delhi government for a continuum of medical care…,” read the note signed by Jain, which was sent to the state urban development department. “Resident doctor associations of the above-mentioned 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.

The urban development department then sent letters to the commissioners of the north, east and south Delhi municipal corporations, asking them to do the needful or hand over the hospitals to the AAP government. Resident doctors at Hindu Rao hospitals are demanding unpaid salaries for three months and timely release of wages every month. Taking cognisance of complaints from doctors of hospitals run by municipal corporations (MCDs) about not receiving salaries for months, Delhi urban development minister Satyendar Jain on Monday asked his department to issue letters to all the three MCDs, asking them to clear the dues of health care workers and supporting staff at north Delhi’s Hindu Rao and Kasturba hospitals. Resident doctors and nurses of Hindu Rao Hospital continue to protest against Delhi Government and MCD alleging salary non-payment over the last few months, in New Delhi.(Amal KS/HT PHOTO) The Delhi government on Monday asked the three municipal corporations (MCDs) to immediately pay salaries to doctors and other health care workers in their hospitals or hand over these facilities to the city administration.

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