Birdem doctors' strike postponed for a month
Staff Correspondent
In-patient department doctors at Birdem Hospital put off the strike until July 31 yesterday following an assurance of meeting their demands by the Diabetic Association of Bangladesh.The doctors launched the strike on June 25 demanding regularisation of their jobs and unified service rule for the hospital. Director General of Birdem Hospital Maj Gen (retd) Ziauddin Ahmed and Clinical Director Nazmun Nahar, on behalf of the association, pledged to the doctors yesterday that the decisions taken in the national council meeting on Saturday night would be implemented within this month. The council meeting decided to renew the job contracts of indoor medical officers and take immediate steps for regularising them. It also decided not to harass or punish the agitating doctors. Specific guidelines would be followed for the doctors' training and their higher education, read a press release issued after the council meeting. Following the assurance, the doctors resumed their jobs and said they would again go for strike if the demands are not met by July 31.
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