29/09/2026
COVID-19: Doctors protest over pending salary in Delhi

New Delhi: Doctors and nurses on COVID-19 duty protest against North MCD administration over alleged non-payment of pending salaries, at Hindu Rao Hospital in New Delhi, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma) (PTI07-10-2020_000027B)

Collated updates about the problems faced by health workers involved in the management of COVID-19.

Doctors and nurses on COVID-19 duty protest over non-payment of salaries at Hindu Rao Hospital in New Delhi, October 7, 2020. Photo: PTI/Arun Sharma

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, there have been several instances of healthcare workers facing problems vis-à-vis India’s response. Doctors have protested the lack of sufficient personal protective equipment (PPE), facilities and mistreatment of workers, the failure of hospitals to pay them salaries. The Wire Science is collating these issues in a liveblog, sourced from media reports from across the country.