new delhi in war you do not make soldiers unhappy travel extra mile and channel some extra money to address their grievances the supreme court said on friday taking serious note of nonpayment of salary and lack of proper accommodation to doctors engaged in fight against covid19the courts should not be involved in the issue of nonpayment of salary to health care workers and government should settle the issue it saidcovid19 live updatesthe top court was hearing a plea by a doctor who alleged that front line healthcare workers engaged in fight against covid19 are not being paid salaries or their salaries are being cut or delayedthe doctor also questioned the centres new sop making their 14day quarantine nonmandatorymore on covid19coronavirus pandemic complete coverageunlock 10 whats open from when in mhas phasewise reopening planits time to mask up and stay safe join tois maskindia campaignmhas guidelines for home isolationtrust the newspaper for your daily verified newsin war you do not make soldiers unhappy travel extra mile and channel some extra money to address grievances country cannot afford to have dissatisfied soldiers in this war which is being fought against corona said a bench of justices ashok bhushan s k kaul and mr shahsolicitor general tushar mehta appearing for the centre said that if there are better suggestions coming forward they can be accommodatedthe bench said that there are reports coming that many areas doctors are not being paid we saw report that doctors went on strike in delhi some doctors have not been paid for past three months these are concerns that should have been taken care off it should not require court interventionthe bench further said you centre need to do more must make sure their concerns are addressed the bench posted the matter for further hearing next week on june 4 the centre had told the top court that a large number of makeshift hospitals will have to be built in the near future to accommodate the constant rise in the number of newly infected peoplethe centre also contended that though hospitals are responsible for implementing the infection prevention and control ipc activities the final responsibility lies with the health care workers to protect themselves from covid19it further said mandatory quarantine for 14 days after the duty of healthcare workers of 714 days is not justified and warrantedit is most respectfully submitted that number of cases of covid19 are constantly increasing and at some point of time in near future apart from existing hospitals large number of temporary makeshift hospitals will have to be created in order to accommodate covid19 patients requiring admission medical care and treatment the ministry of health and family welfare said in an affidavitthe affidavit was filed on a plea by arushi jain who questioned the centres new standard operating procedure sop of may 15 for front line covid19 healthcare workers by which it ended the 14day mandatory quarantine for themthe ministry in its reply affidavit had said healthcare workers hcw are properly