Basti Dawakhana Staff Decry Salary Delays

Haydarabad: More than 1,200 doctors, nurses and support personnel and GHMC borders of Basti Dawakhanas in Haydarabad protested delays in salary payments with some dues waiting for more than six months. The staff claimed that it was RS. 8 Crore remains unpaid. On the subject, representatives met with the health commissioner Sangeetha Satyanarayana on Thursday.

TaLangana contract doctors Bharat Kumar, President of the Welfare Association, “Despite a appointment at 14:30, we waited six hours. The commissioner welcomed us at 19.30 and did not give any guarantee without referring to the disability center funds,” he said. “We do not deserve such disrespect.” Similar complaints were recently brought to the agenda by ASHA employees after a protest on delayed payments.