Supreme Court says Centre should direct states to pay salaries to doctors
A bench of justices Ashok Bhushan, S.K. Kaul, and M.R. Shah said that doctors and healthcare workers treating COVID-19 patients should not be denied quarantine facilities.
The bench was hearing a plea filed by a private doctor raising questions on the Centre’s May 15 decision that 14-day quarantine was not mandatory for doctors.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to file a compliance report within four weeks on payment of salaries and quarantine facilities to doctors and healthcare workers and warned that non-compliance would be viewed seriously.
Update by Akankshya Mohanta