Pay Us Or We Cease Work, Warn Covid Warriors At Delhi’s Hindu Rao Hospital

New Delhi:

Docs and frontline healthcare employees at Delhi’s Covid-dedicated Hindu Rao Hospital – run by the North Delhi Municipal Company (NDMC) – have threatened to withdraw their providers inside 48 hours in protest towards non-payment of salaries for nearly four months.

The warning comes after a months-long symbolic protest, which didn’t disrupt providers, failed to maneuver the authorities in direction of the plight of Hindu Rao Hospital’s Covid Warriors.

Healthcare employees right this moment sat on the highway outdoors the hospital chanting “no wage no work”.

Although the police stopped them from marching to the Lieutenant Governor’s residence, a five-member delegation was later allowed to current a memorandum to Mr Anil Baijal.

“Now we have been protesting for the previous a number of months. It’s turning into more and more tough to outlive like this; we won’t even pay our EMIs… We’ll withdraw our providers if this downside isn’t solved,” Dr Abhimanyu Sardana, President of the hospital’s Resident Docs’ Affiliation, stated.

The Covid Warriors, who not solely endanger their lives however that of their relations whereas saving sufferers from COVID-19, stated that they’re compelled to routinely protest to make the authorities take heed to their calls for.

“Why ought to we protest for each small demand and for one thing that is our proper – our wage? If the federal government does not have to inform us to do our jobs, why ought to we have now protest to receives a commission for our work,” a nurse instructed NDTV reiterating Dr Sardana’s assertion.

Nonetheless, the protest amid the pandemic appears to have lastly moved the NDMC Mayor, who visited the protesting medical doctors, however promptly selected to shift the blame on the AAP-led Delhi authorities.

“Now we have not been capable of pay the salaries however we haven’t any cash. The Delhi authorities must clear its dues to us; the blame lies with the state authorities. I’ve come right here to take heed to the medical doctors’ issues and present that I’m involved about them,” Jai Prakash, the Mayor of BJP-led NDMC, stated.

The Delhi authorities has maintained that the MCD’s incompetence underneath BJP was the foundation trigger for this disaster.

“The Corona Warriors who ought to be honoured for his or her work aren’t getting any wage. How will they serve the society? I wish to perceive why is there such disaster within the MCD? All states have civic our bodies, all have similar supply of earnings, then why is it that solely the MCD does not have funds to pay medical doctors. These folks (MCD) are incompetent. They do not know learn how to work. We’re additionally not asking (the Centre) for funds and are managing in these instances. Why is it that solely MCD is going through a crunch whereas their leaders are getting richer?” AAP Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj stated.

Earlier, Chairman of the NDMC Standing Committee Chhail Bihari Goswami, had instructed PTI, “For the present monetary yr and FY 2019-20, an enormous quantity of fund is due for the town, together with underneath the wage phase. The federal government had allotted it to the civic our bodies in its funds, however hasn’t launched the funds. So, we’re unable to pay salaries.”