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SC, HC rap Centre, Delhi govt over non-payment of salaries to doctors

In war, you do not make soldiers unhappy. Travel extra mile and channel some extra money to address their grievances, said SC

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The court gave the order on a PIL initiated on its own based on news reports that doctors of Kasturba Gandhi hospital have threatened to resign as they have not been paid salaries since March this year

Press Trust of India
Taking serious note of instances of non-payment of salary to doctors treating Covid-19 patients the Supreme Court on Friday said the country cannot afford to have dissatisfied soldiers in the war against the pandemic, and asked authorities to go the extra mile to raise funds for them.

In war, you do not make soldiers unhappy. Travel extra mile and channel some extra money to address their grievances. Country cannot afford to have dissatisfied soldiers in this war which is being fought against Corona, the court said.

As the judiciary took up the cause of the frontline healthcare workers, the Delhi