Intern doctors observe strike demanding increase of allowances
Barisal Correspondent :
One hundred and eighty intern-doctors, main work force for attending patients at Barisal Sher-e- Bangla Medical College Hospital on Sunday observed a three-hour strike on the campus.
This work abstention program from 10:00 AM to 1: 00 PM was held demanding increase of monthly allowance of intern doctors.
During the program, the intern doctors held an agitation rally in front of the emergency department of SBMCH.
Asif Uddin Khan, presided over the programme addressed among others by Mosaddek Hossain, Abdur Rahman, Tariqul Islam, Morsheda Jahan, Samina Jahan, Nipa, Mitu, intern-doctors of SBMCH.
Speakers of the rally said government paying Tk. 10 thousand per month as allowance for an intern-doctor attached with a public hospital since the year of 2009.
It is difficult to serve the patients and lead life by this amount as market price increasing almost every hour in present days, they added.
Speakers threatened to announce more hard program if government failed to fulfill their demand within next 15 days in accordance with the market price.
An agitation procession after the rally also moved in the SBMCH campus.
During the strike, patients badly suffered in absence of the internee doctors, main work-force of the hospital for caring patients, said Hosneara, one of the attendant here.
Sylher Correspondent reports: Intern doctors at the medical college and hospital in Sylhet have demonstrated on Sunday demanding a raise in their allowance.
Services at the MAG Osmani Medical College and Hospital were disrupted for three hours during the interns strike between 10am and 1pm.
The intern doctors’ platform President Md Mazharul Haque Amit said that they receive a Tk 9,790 allowance, which should be increased to a minimum of Tk 25,000.
He said that they have been demanding this for a while, but it yielded no results.
Around 180 interns participated in the demonstration, added Amit.
One hundred and eighty intern-doctors, main work force for attending patients at Barisal Sher-e- Bangla Medical College Hospital on Sunday observed a three-hour strike on the campus.
This work abstention program from 10:00 AM to 1: 00 PM was held demanding increase of monthly allowance of intern doctors.
During the program, the intern doctors held an agitation rally in front of the emergency department of SBMCH.
Asif Uddin Khan, presided over the programme addressed among others by Mosaddek Hossain, Abdur Rahman, Tariqul Islam, Morsheda Jahan, Samina Jahan, Nipa, Mitu, intern-doctors of SBMCH.
Speakers of the rally said government paying Tk. 10 thousand per month as allowance for an intern-doctor attached with a public hospital since the year of 2009.
It is difficult to serve the patients and lead life by this amount as market price increasing almost every hour in present days, they added.
Speakers threatened to announce more hard program if government failed to fulfill their demand within next 15 days in accordance with the market price.
An agitation procession after the rally also moved in the SBMCH campus.
During the strike, patients badly suffered in absence of the internee doctors, main work-force of the hospital for caring patients, said Hosneara, one of the attendant here.
Sylher Correspondent reports: Intern doctors at the medical college and hospital in Sylhet have demonstrated on Sunday demanding a raise in their allowance.
Services at the MAG Osmani Medical College and Hospital were disrupted for three hours during the interns strike between 10am and 1pm.
The intern doctors’ platform President Md Mazharul Haque Amit said that they receive a Tk 9,790 allowance, which should be increased to a minimum of Tk 25,000.
He said that they have been demanding this for a while, but it yielded no results.
Around 180 interns participated in the demonstration, added Amit.