Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday said that the Delhi government has decided to shift the Covid-19 patients from Hindu Rao Hospital to state-run hospitals in wake of doctors’ withdrawal from Covid-19 duties.
According to the Minister, the patients would be shifted to other hospitals under Delhi government jurisdiction. He slammed the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (North MCD) for not disbursing the salaries of the agitating doctors for months.
"The MCD should immediately pay the salaries of doctors who have made huge sacrifices during the coronavirus pandemic," said Satyendar Jain.
Hindu Rao Hospital doctors on strike, patients to be shifted in other hospitals: Key Points
• Hindu Rao Hospital is the largest hospital of Municipal in Delhi.
• It is equipped with 900 beds and is a dedicated Covid-19 facility.
• The Resident Doctors of NDMC-run Hindu Rao had threatened to stop COVID services from 9 am on Sunday if they did not get salaries of over four months.
• The Resident doctors of the hospital have been protesting from the last few days and are planning to go on strike from Sunday as protest did not yield results.
• According to the doctors, they have not received salaries for 4 months now.
