<p>The agitation at the MCD-run Bara Hindu Rao hospital intensified on Friday with the nurses, paramedics and grade-4 employees joining the senior doctors in their strike.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The nurses and the grade-4 employees have not received their salary for the last month while the salaries of the doctors for the past two months are pending. <br /><br />The tussle between the Delhi government and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has led to the non-payment of salaries of doctors at the Bara Hindu Rao and Kasturba hospitals. <br /><br />The nurses, paramedics, technical and cleaning staff at Kasturba Hospital will join the agitation from Monday. <br /><br />“They have given notice to the administration that they will join the strike from Monday. We are continuing with our three-hour long agitation every day till then,” said Dr Maruti Sinha, Secretary, Municipal Corporation Doctors Association (MCDA).“ Senior resident doctors may also join us from next week,” he added.<br /><br />More patients will have to be turned away from next week if the issue remains unresolved.<br /><br />Meanwhile, OPD services were hit for the fifth day this week at both the hospitals. With severe staff crunch, the hospitals attended to only emergency patients. <br /><br />With the strike on from 9am-12 pm, the morning OPDs were stalled.The MCDA has called a general body meeting on Monday. <br /><br />“It will be decided after the general body meeting if doctors from the other major hospitals under the MCD will join the strike,” said Dr R R Gautam, President, MCDA.We will continue with the daily agitation till then as we have no concrete assurance that salaries will be cleared,” he said. <br /><br />Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had assured the doctors on Wednesday that the salaries will be cleared in a week. <br /><br />MCD officials have, however, maintained no funds have been released so far and it is unlikely the doctors would receive payments within this week. </p>
<p>The agitation at the MCD-run Bara Hindu Rao hospital intensified on Friday with the nurses, paramedics and grade-4 employees joining the senior doctors in their strike.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The nurses and the grade-4 employees have not received their salary for the last month while the salaries of the doctors for the past two months are pending. <br /><br />The tussle between the Delhi government and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has led to the non-payment of salaries of doctors at the Bara Hindu Rao and Kasturba hospitals. <br /><br />The nurses, paramedics, technical and cleaning staff at Kasturba Hospital will join the agitation from Monday. <br /><br />“They have given notice to the administration that they will join the strike from Monday. We are continuing with our three-hour long agitation every day till then,” said Dr Maruti Sinha, Secretary, Municipal Corporation Doctors Association (MCDA).“ Senior resident doctors may also join us from next week,” he added.<br /><br />More patients will have to be turned away from next week if the issue remains unresolved.<br /><br />Meanwhile, OPD services were hit for the fifth day this week at both the hospitals. With severe staff crunch, the hospitals attended to only emergency patients. <br /><br />With the strike on from 9am-12 pm, the morning OPDs were stalled.The MCDA has called a general body meeting on Monday. <br /><br />“It will be decided after the general body meeting if doctors from the other major hospitals under the MCD will join the strike,” said Dr R R Gautam, President, MCDA.We will continue with the daily agitation till then as we have no concrete assurance that salaries will be cleared,” he said. <br /><br />Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had assured the doctors on Wednesday that the salaries will be cleared in a week. <br /><br />MCD officials have, however, maintained no funds have been released so far and it is unlikely the doctors would receive payments within this week. </p>
