NEW DELHI: Investigating at the Delhi Municipal Corporation (MCD), Delhi’s Minister of Health and Urban Development Satyendar Jain said on Sunday that MCD has funds for billboards but not to pay the salaries of doctors protesting against the Non-payment of wages during the Emergency Closure due to COVID-19.
He reacted to the indefinite hunger strike by the Resident Medical Associations of the New Delhi Municipal Council Medical College (NDMC) and the Hindu Rao Hospital, which have been protesting for the past weeks against non-payment of wages.
“Salaries are paid by the Delhi Municipal Corporation. Instead of paying doctors’ salaries, I don’t know where MCD spends its funds. They have money for billboards, but not for salaries,” the Health Minister said while reporting to the bulletin. of health.
Satyendar Jain had said that the government had written a letter to the Delhi Municipal Corporation (MCD) led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) asking them to hand over hospitals to the Delhi government as MCD “cannot properly manage and manage its hospitals. “.
“It is evident that MCD cannot properly operate and manage its hospitals. We have written a letter to BJP that led MCD to hand over the hospitals to the Delhi government, to avoid further inconvenience to medical, paramedical staff and patients coming to the hospital.” he said in a tweet.
The letter said that serious concerns had been expressed regarding the non-payment of wages / salaries / other fees to medical, paramedical and other personnel working at Hindu Rao Hospital, Kasturba Hospital and other MCD hospitals.
Many doctors sat outside the hospital demanding their outstanding fees for several months and raised slogans against the Delhi government.
Speaking about the death rate of the national capital in the past 10 days, Satyendar Jain said that two-thirds of the Covid-19 beds were now empty.
“In the last 10 days, the death toll has been 0.94 percent, while the overall death rate is 1.77 percent. A third of covid beds are occupied and two-thirds are empty.” said the minister.
“Dr. Paul’s expert committee had said that due to the cold and the festive season, the cases (per day) can increase to 12,000-14,000, but at the moment it is around 4000, so the situation is contained. We are focused on containment, contact tracing and isolation to address the situation. Hence, restrictions are not relaxed unless the vaccine arrives. Masks and social distancing are absolutely mandatory. We will continue to take strict precautions, “he added Jain.
The health minister also stated that schools in Delhi will not reopen in the near future. “The whole school will be closed for the time being. Yesterday we had a discussion about the same with the prime minister,” he concluded.
He reacted to the indefinite hunger strike by the Resident Medical Associations of the New Delhi Municipal Council Medical College (NDMC) and the Hindu Rao Hospital, which have been protesting for the past weeks against non-payment of wages.
“Salaries are paid by the Delhi Municipal Corporation. Instead of paying doctors’ salaries, I don’t know where MCD spends its funds. They have money for billboards, but not for salaries,” the Health Minister said while reporting to the bulletin. of health.
Satyendar Jain had said that the government had written a letter to the Delhi Municipal Corporation (MCD) led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) asking them to hand over hospitals to the Delhi government as MCD “cannot properly manage and manage its hospitals. “.
“It is evident that MCD cannot properly operate and manage its hospitals. We have written a letter to BJP that led MCD to hand over the hospitals to the Delhi government, to avoid further inconvenience to medical, paramedical staff and patients coming to the hospital.” he said in a tweet.
The letter said that serious concerns had been expressed regarding the non-payment of wages / salaries / other fees to medical, paramedical and other personnel working at Hindu Rao Hospital, Kasturba Hospital and other MCD hospitals.
Many doctors sat outside the hospital demanding their outstanding fees for several months and raised slogans against the Delhi government.
Speaking about the death rate of the national capital in the past 10 days, Satyendar Jain said that two-thirds of the Covid-19 beds were now empty.
“In the last 10 days, the death toll has been 0.94 percent, while the overall death rate is 1.77 percent. A third of covid beds are occupied and two-thirds are empty.” said the minister.
“Dr. Paul’s expert committee had said that due to the cold and the festive season, the cases (per day) can increase to 12,000-14,000, but at the moment it is around 4000, so the situation is contained. We are focused on containment, contact tracing and isolation to address the situation. Hence, restrictions are not relaxed unless the vaccine arrives. Masks and social distancing are absolutely mandatory. We will continue to take strict precautions, “he added Jain.
The health minister also stated that schools in Delhi will not reopen in the near future. “The whole school will be closed for the time being. Yesterday we had a discussion about the same with the prime minister,” he concluded.
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