Staff of hospital in Bhiwandi go on strike over wages

Over 40 staff members of the Indira Gandhi Memorial Sub-District Hospital at Bhiwandi in the district observed a one-day strike today to demand their pending wages.
The agitating staffers alleged that they had not been paid wages since the last four months.
Till 2011, the hospital was run by the Bhiwandi Nizampur City Municipal Corporation and was taken over by the state Health Department. However, as certain formalities are still unfulfilled, the employees are facing difficulties in getting their wages.
"Initially the Municipal Commissioner paid them wages from the civic funds on the humanitarian ground. However, it was later stopped, due to which 43 staff members including the doctors and nurses, did not receive their pay," Leader of House in the corporation Shaikh Khalid Guddu said.

He said he would seek the intervention of Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister on the issue.