{"id":732,"date":"2026-09-06T20:10:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T20:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.dzwonkinatelefon.net\/as-ayushman-arogya-mandirs-replace-mohalla-clinics-in-delhi-former-staff-await-dues\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T20:10:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T20:10:30","slug":"as-ayushman-arogya-mandirs-replace-mohalla-clinics-in-delhi-former-staff-await-dues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthcare.hibisports.com\/?p=732","title":{"rendered":"As Ayushman Arogya Mandirs replace\u00a0Mohalla\u00a0Clinics in Delhi, former staff await dues"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Since May 2025, the Delhi government has been setting up Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (AAMs), which serve as primary healthcare\u00a0centres, across the Capital. In phases, they replaced the Aam Aadmi Party government\u2019s\u00a0Mohalla\u00a0Clinics, which are no longer operational. While many staff members were absorbed into the AAMs, some say they have not received their final salary dues and have been told that the budget for the payments is \u201cunder consideration\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There were 553\u00a0Mohalla\u00a0Clinics. So far, the Delhi government has set up 415 AAMs and aims to\u00a0establish\u00a01,100 in all.\u00a0The\u00a0centres\u00a0were envisaged to provide\u00a0additional\u00a0services such as\u00a0maternal and child healthcare, routine\u00a0immunisation, free screening for non-communicable\u00a0diseases\u00a0and\u00a0nearly 80\u00a0types of free diagnostic tests.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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However, some former mohalla clinic staff who were not absorbed into the AAMs are still awaiting their dues. Dr. Amit Gupta, who worked at a mohalla clinic near\u00a0Mandawali\u00a0metro station, said he is owed \u20b978,000. He said interviews for AAM posts were open to all\u00a0staff\u00a0and some were selected. He is currently\u00a0practising\u00a0at his own clinic.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018Budget under consideration\u2019\u00a0\u00a0<\/h4>\n

In an email to an east district health official, Dr. Gupta wrote,\u00a0\u201cIt is very unfortunate that our salaries\u00a0for\u00a0January and February are still\u00a0pending\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He received a response from an official on August 27, seen by\u00a0The Hindu,<\/i>\u00a0stating\u00a0that the file had been transferred to the respective cell and that \u201cthe approval of budget is under consideration\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Another senior Health Department official said, \u201cMany of them have been\u00a0retained\u00a0by AAMs and have received their salaries till date. If there has been any negligence, we will\u00a0look into\u00a0the matter\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Two staff members\u00a0retained\u00a0at AAMs told\u00a0The Hindu\u00a0<\/i>that they had been receiving their salaries.\u00a0Those who spoke of pending dues were among the staff not\u00a0retained.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pending\u00a0dues\u00a0\u00a0<\/h4>\n

Mohalla\u00a0Clinics employed four staff members each: a doctor, a pharmacist, a multi-task\u00a0worker\u00a0and a lab technician. AAMs have a similar staffing structure, though the number of personnel varies with the size of the\u00a0centre.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A former multi-task worker at a mohalla clinic in the east district said, \u201cI am trying to get a job in the\u00a0AAM\u00a0but the vacancy has not risen yet. We have been told by supervisors that the funds have not been released for our last salaries. I have been without a job since March, when the\u00a0Mohalla\u00a0Clinic shut.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Another doctor said that, besides salaries, which were linked to the number of patients seen, staff had not received other dues, including cleaning and\u00a0costs\u00a0incurred in transporting medicines\u00a0for\u00a0the final month. \u201cAuthorities have said that they are doubtful that it will come through but we are still waiting.\u201d The doctor said she was ineligible to apply to the AAMs because the age limit was 55.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last year,\u00a0Mohalla\u00a0Clinic staff protested outside the Secretariat, demanding that they be\u00a0retained\u00a0at AAMs.\u00a0Selection tests have since been\u00a0conducted\u00a0and several former staff members have been appointed.\u00a0Some have approached the Delhi High Court over the matter, which is to be heard on September 8.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some former mohalla clinic staff who were not absorbed into the AAMs are still awaiting their dues. Dr. Amit Gupta, who worked at a mohalla clinic near\u00a0Mandawali\u00a0metro station, said he is owed \u20b978,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthcare.hibisports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthcare.hibisports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthcare.hibisports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthcare.hibisports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthcare.hibisports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/healthcare.hibisports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthcare.hibisports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthcare.hibisports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthcare.hibisports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthcare.hibisports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}