150 outsourced staff laid off from Delhi's RGSSH as all COVID beds lie vacant
About 500-600 staff — sanitation workers, security personnel and nursing orderlies — were hired via an outsourcing agency for Covid duty during 2020-21. As no Covid patients are getting admitted, so there is surplus of staff, and hence 150 has been sacked.;
New Delhi: A total of 150 outsourced staff hired for Covid duty during 2020-21 at a Delhi government-run super speciality hospital has been "sacked" by authorities due to administrative reasons, officials said.
COVID-19 patients are not coming for admission for the last few months and currently, all beds reserved for coronavirus patients are "lying vacant" at Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital (RGSSH) in east Delhi, which is one of the factors behind the decision, a senior official said.
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"About 500-600 staff — sanitation workers, security personnel and nursing orderlies — were hired via an outsourcing agency for Covid duty during 2020-21. As no Covid patients are getting admitted, so we have a surplus of staff, and hence 150 were sacked today after much consideration," the official said on Friday.
A group of sacked outsourced staff also sat on the floor of the hospital's lobby to protest the decision, the officials said.
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