Burn unit workers continue strike
Class Four employees of National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery unit at Dhaka Medical College Hospital staged a sit-in programme demanding job security and regularization on Monday.
Staff Reporter :
The workers of the Burn and Plastic Surgery unit of the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital on Monday continued their sit-in programme and work abstention for the second consecutive day on Monday.
They staged the sit-in programme from 11:00am to 12:30pm in front of the office of Dr Samanta Lal Sen, Chief Co-ordinator of the institute, with call to make them permanent employees..
Although, they are not officially recruited by the DMCH authority, they have been working at the unit for days tohethher, as there are no fourth class employees there.
Due to their work abstention, more than 50 patients missed out their regular dressing of the injuries, Dr Partha Shankar Paul, Resident Surgeon of the unit, told reporters.
“The workers are our service providers. Without them our work becomes very difficult,” he said
Talking with the journalists yesterday, Jiban Miah, one of the workers, said, he has been working there since 2007 without salary in the hope of getting the job.
“We have been working here for 10-15 years in this way, but no step has been taken to officially recruit us nor picked up us as permanent employees So, we cannot keep working like this anymore,” he said.
Dr Samanta Lal Sen yesterday said, the workers’ demands are logical. “We are trying to regularise the workers but the authorities are yet to respond in this regard.”
The workers of the Burn and Plastic Surgery unit of the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital on Monday continued their sit-in programme and work abstention for the second consecutive day on Monday.
They staged the sit-in programme from 11:00am to 12:30pm in front of the office of Dr Samanta Lal Sen, Chief Co-ordinator of the institute, with call to make them permanent employees..
Although, they are not officially recruited by the DMCH authority, they have been working at the unit for days tohethher, as there are no fourth class employees there.
Due to their work abstention, more than 50 patients missed out their regular dressing of the injuries, Dr Partha Shankar Paul, Resident Surgeon of the unit, told reporters.
“The workers are our service providers. Without them our work becomes very difficult,” he said
Talking with the journalists yesterday, Jiban Miah, one of the workers, said, he has been working there since 2007 without salary in the hope of getting the job.
“We have been working here for 10-15 years in this way, but no step has been taken to officially recruit us nor picked up us as permanent employees So, we cannot keep working like this anymore,” he said.
Dr Samanta Lal Sen yesterday said, the workers’ demands are logical. “We are trying to regularise the workers but the authorities are yet to respond in this regard.”
