Doctors to approach court over non-payment of salaries

Doctors, under the banner of the Federation Of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA) today said that they will go to court over non-payment of salaries to doctors working in four hospitals run by municipal corporation of Delhi (MCD).
"It is unfortunate that we resident doctors who are considered the backbone of any hospital are exploited to such level that we are slowly being forced to resort to the medium of strikes to let our voices to be heard or ultimately leaving the government sector job.
"Despite many promises, doctors were not paid. We have decided to approach court," said Dr Pankaj Solanki, president, FORDA.

FORDA members have said that 15,000 resident doctors from 35 central government, Delhi government and MCD hospitals will go on strike if their demands are not met.
"We do not want to inconvenience the patients, but, doctors from the MCD hospitals have not received their salaries for three or four months and daily survival has become a struggle for them," Dr Solanki said.
"We clearly do not want to go on strikes as a medium to get our demands. Yet if MCD doctors are not paid their salary we shall have to resort to direct action," he said.
The doctors had previously gone on a week-long strike from December 18. The strike was called off after promises were made that salaries would be paid by the end of the month.

A section of doctors have also written to the National Human Rights Commission seeking help in this regard.