Hindu Rao Hospital Delhi not paying salaries: 450 doctors threaten shut down

• The condition of the wards, OPD building, doctors duty rooms are in a very bad condition. The Hospital administration has been informed several times but nothing has been done till now.


• There are no proper drinking water facilities in the hospital for the patients and doctors


• Despite having PG (DNB) hospital, there is no 24-hour library facility.


• The condition of the hostels for PG and MBBS medicos is very bad. There are no proper basic facilities like clean drinking water, sanitation, the mess.


• There has always been a lack of proper medicine supply; even in the emergency ward, the medicines are not available.

On 14^th May, the resident doctors and the interns went on strike and the issues were raised in meeting with Additional Commissioner. The issues are not resolved yet. Therefore, the doctors will continue the strike for an indefinite time from Monday, the doctors informed Medical Dialogues.

According to sources from NDMC, the municipal corporation, who is suffering from financial crisis, has been facing hardships in regular payment of salaries to its employees, including sanitation workers and those serving in other departments.

The president of Resident Welfare Association at the hospital, Dr Rahul Chaudhary stated, "We are making special efforts like working extra hours to ensure the patients do not have to suffer. But, we can not work like this for long and an indefinite strike will be there if the administration fails to redress the salary issue.”

Dr Chaudhary informed the Medical dialogues that a “PIL has been filed in the High Court regarding delayed salary of Hindu Rao Hospital Doctors."