[COVID-19] Quarantine Period Of Doctors & Health Workers Will Be Treated As "On Duty" & Not "On Leave": Centre Tells SC
4 years, 4 months ago

[COVID-19] Quarantine Period Of Doctors & Health Workers Will Be Treated As "On Duty" & Not "On Leave": Centre Tells SC

Live Law  

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court stating that Quarantine Period of doctors and health workers needs to be treated as "on duty" and not "on leave". The matter has since been considered by this Ministry in consultation with the DoPT and it has decided that the quarantine period of doctors and health workers needs to be treated as "on duty". All concerned may accordingly be directed to ensure that quarantine period of Doctors and health workers for their duties related to COVID19 shall be treated as "on duty" only" - read the affidavit. This happened after Senior Advocate KV Vishwanathan in an IA filed by United Residents and Doctors Association stated in court that doctors in quarantine were not being paid their dues.#COVID19India #CovidWarriors #Doctors — Live Law August 10, 2020 On July 31, the Centre had informed Supreme Court that Delhi, Punjab, Tripura, Karnataka & Maharashtra - have not made timely payment of salaries to healthcare workers despite the Centre' Notification under National Disaster Management Act which lays down strict penal action for non-payment.

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Live Law  

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4 years, 6 months ago

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India TV News  

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4 years, 6 months ago

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4 years, 9 months ago

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ABC  

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