Although 84 outsourcing workers of Kishoreganj 250-bed General Hospital have been working for the last one year, they have not received their salaries and allowances. In the circumstances, they are living a dehumanized life with their families.
Meanwhile, the employer contractor says, ‘I am trying my best to give their salary and allowances but the allocation has to be brought from the Ministry of Health and the Department of Health through the hospital authorities.
There is a delay in paying the salary due to non-payment of money. As a result, there has been uncertainty about the salaries of outsourcing workers.
It is learned that in the financial year 2018-19, a contracting firm M/S. Raisa Medical Center got the job of hiring outsourcing workers through tender. They employ 84 people as hospital ward boys, nurses, cooks, security and cleaning staff.
But the company has not paid the salaries of the employees even though it has been working regularly for the last one year.
Several workers, who did not want to be named for fear of losing their jobs, said they had to eat borrowing from the shop, as they had not been paid for the last one year.
But now the shopkeeper does not want to give the goods. The school fee of the boys and girls are outstanding. They can’t pay the rent. In this situation, the family has to stay without eating. They are giving us 10 thousand taka on the occasion of Eid. Can our family live on this?
Md. Rafiqul Haque Titu, owner of the contracting firm, said that outsourcing workers are allocated in the budget of medical colleges so there is no problem in paying their salaries. But the allocation for the General Hospital has to be brought from the Ministry of Health and the Department of Health.
"What is done is done over the last four years I don't need right now," he added. I have submitted my resignation letter to the hospital authorities 3 times. But they did not accept it.
Dr. Hibrul Bari of Kishoreganj 250-bed General Hospital, said, "After joining, I came to know that the salaries of outsourcing workers are not being paid." I sent a demand letter to pay their salary.