B Mishra
The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry has directed the States and Union Territories to ensure timely payment to the Doctors and health workers who are serving the country during the Covid-19 crisis.
The Health Ministry asked the Chief Secretaries of the States and Union Territories to ensure strict compliance of the order by all the concerned agencies.
It said, violation of the order would be treated as an offence under the Disaster Management Act and action will be taken against the defaulting hospitals and institutions and authorities.
This order has been issued in pursuance of the Supreme Court’s order wherein the Centre was asked to direct States and Union Territories to ensure the timely payment to the Doctors and health workers and to make non-payment of the salary a punishable offence.