Ten days after MiD DAY reported their plight (8 months on, 36 hospital staffers yet to get paid. March 6), all 36 paramedical staff at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial (MGM) hospital in Parel as well as a few doctors were finally given their long overdue salaries. While the doctors received their salaries on Friday, the overjoyed para-medical staff received their salaries for the past five months on Saturday, after an eight month delay.

Technical snag
When asked about the delay in paying the hospital staff, state government officials had claimed that it was due to a technical snag. They also cited the absence of a proper authority through whom funds from the central government could be given to the 36 para-medical staff. These 36 people were appointed at MGM in July 2012. They were informed that their salaries would be funded by the Centre and forwarded to the hospital through the state government. The staff had quit their earlier jobs without serving notice because MGM authorities had given them a 48 hour deadline to join the hospital.