Two days after the Municipal Corporation Doctor’s Association (MCDA) wrote a letter on pending salaries of health workers under the North Delhi Municipal Corporation, its standing committee chairman Jogi Ram Jain on Friday said the reason behind the delayed payments was a financial crisis “caused by the Delhi Government not allocating pending municipal funds”. In the letter — written to higher officials at the Centre, Delhi Government and the North civic body — the MCDA said that while a previously held strike by health workers in March was called off after a written assurance from the North Delhi civic body commissioner promising their salaries, the civic body “has failed to honour the agreement. Dr. Maruti Sinha, general secretary, MCDA, said the non-payment of salaries and previous dues have been a “recurring issue since 2015”. North MCD Commissioner, Sanjay Goel, said, “We have paid salaries of junior and senior doctors for September and we are trying our best to pay the rest. Delhi is witnessing a surge in cases of dengue with over 5,000 cases and 9 deaths recorded this season.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 20, 2021 14:19 UTC