Many like him are underpaid or not paid at all as recent graduates have been recruited across the country to deal with the staff crunch amid the second Covid-19 wave that has overwhelmed the healthcare system. I have to ask my father for the rent.even though I was promised ₹14,500 salary,” said Ahmad, who graduated last year.Īhmad is not alone. “The rent alone costs more than ₹5,000.There is even no risk allowance. His father has been paying for his accommodation since he is yet to get his salary three months after he was recruited under the Centre’s National Health Mission scheme.Īhmad said he has been working overtime and often for 30-hour non-stop. He has rented a room near the hospital but does have the money to pay its rent. Siraj Ahmad, a nurse at a Covid hospital in Kashmir, has stopped going home after work as he fears he may end up infecting his immunocompromised father.
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