Hundreds of workers including doctors and paramedics working under the National Health Mission (NHM) in Kashmir’s health institutions are without salary for the past five months. Employees told CNS that in absence of salary, they are facing immense hardships. “We are finding it hard to run our families in absence of wages,” they said. “Our children are suffering. Nobody is listening to us.” They said that Finance Department recently claimed that it released Rs 2 crore as salary for the doctors and para-medical staff. “We fail to understand why our salary is being held if Finance Department has already released the funds,” they said.Those without salaries since July last year, include allopathic and ISM doctors, paramedics, health workers, ANMs and Helpers. Expressing strong resentment over the inordinate delay in release of their salary, a delegation of NRM medicos strongly condemned “the failure of the authorities to manage the central funds properly. “The higher-ups in the department are well aware of our problems. But they are turning a blind eye to resolve them,” the aggrieved employees said.Despite repeated attempts Director National Health Mission Mohan Singh could not be contacted. (CNS)