Bhubaneswar, Sept 24: Heaps of unattended garbage have turned the Capital Hospital premises filthy and foul smelling as sanitation workers are not lifting garbage demanding Durga Puja bonus.
According to reports, the sanitation crew deployed in the Capital Hospital by one Quess Corporation, resorted to cease work protest from Tuesday morning without any prior notice to the concerned authorities.
The sanitation crew is demanding Durga Puja bonus in advance before the Quess Corporation that is entitled for garbage management in the premium government hospital of the city.
The unattended disposal of solid & biomedical waste has created an unhealthy atmosphereon the campus of the premium healthcare institution.
Following this, Director of the hospital Dr Dilip Panda has written to the Health Department, Khordha, National Health Mission and the Labour Commission, seeking their interventions and alternate arrangements.