The BMC’s goof-up in the disbursal of COVID-19 allowance for doctors may now affect medical services, as doctors from BYL Nair Hospital have threatened to mass bunk. As per the doctors, the civic body discontinued the allowance at Nair hospital in January this year while KEM and Sion hospitals continued to receive the same till August.

During the pandemic, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation had announced an allowance of R10,000 for all resident doctors on COVID duty. Under this scheme, resident doctors at KEM, Sion, Nair and Cooper hospitals were getting the allowance every month along with their stipend.