Staff Reporter :
The unemployed diploma nurses on Friday vowed to continue their hunger strike unto death in front of the National Press Club, demanding recruitment of the nurses on the basis of year of graduation, merit and seniority.
On the 26th day of the movement, the nurses also urged the government to take initiative to resolve the crisis.
The nurses began the hunger strike under the joint auspicious of the Bangladesh Diploma Bekar Nurses’ Association (BDBNA) and the Bangladesh Basic Graduate Nurses’ Society (BBGNS).
They also chanted slogans against the recruitment process and called for protecting the nursing sector. About four hundred nurses took part in the hunger strike programme on Friday.
BBGNS General Secretary Nahida Akhter told The New Nation on Friday that they would continue their hunger strike until their demands were met.
“We want to ret from the street. We want to save our sector. Our demand is logical. The authorities should meet our demand as early as possible. Otherwise they will be responsible for any untoward situation,” she said.
BDBNA President Rina Akhter said the nurses have been to go on hunger strike unto death as they didn’t get any response from the government even after the 26th consecutive day movement.
“Everyone knows that what is the actual scenario of job market in the country now. A good number of job seekers have to pay a handsome amount of money to get jobs. The nurses were appointed on the basis of year of graduation, merit and seniority in the past. Public Service Commission decided to appoint the diploma nurses through examinations instead of existing system which disappointed the nurses,” Rina Akhter said.
Mokammel Hossain, a demonstrator, said, “The police charged batons, lobbed tear gas canisters, and used pepper spray and water cannons to stop our movement. But the process was wrong because we will never go back before realising our demand. We were ready to soak our white dresses with our blood. Now we are ready to die.
It may be mentioned that the nursed started their demonstration on April 4 and they started hunger strike from April 28 in front of the National Press Club.
The unemployed diploma nurses on Friday vowed to continue their hunger strike unto death in front of the National Press Club, demanding recruitment of the nurses on the basis of year of graduation, merit and seniority.
On the 26th day of the movement, the nurses also urged the government to take initiative to resolve the crisis.
The nurses began the hunger strike under the joint auspicious of the Bangladesh Diploma Bekar Nurses’ Association (BDBNA) and the Bangladesh Basic Graduate Nurses’ Society (BBGNS).
They also chanted slogans against the recruitment process and called for protecting the nursing sector. About four hundred nurses took part in the hunger strike programme on Friday.
BBGNS General Secretary Nahida Akhter told The New Nation on Friday that they would continue their hunger strike until their demands were met.
“We want to ret from the street. We want to save our sector. Our demand is logical. The authorities should meet our demand as early as possible. Otherwise they will be responsible for any untoward situation,” she said.
BDBNA President Rina Akhter said the nurses have been to go on hunger strike unto death as they didn’t get any response from the government even after the 26th consecutive day movement.
“Everyone knows that what is the actual scenario of job market in the country now. A good number of job seekers have to pay a handsome amount of money to get jobs. The nurses were appointed on the basis of year of graduation, merit and seniority in the past. Public Service Commission decided to appoint the diploma nurses through examinations instead of existing system which disappointed the nurses,” Rina Akhter said.
Mokammel Hossain, a demonstrator, said, “The police charged batons, lobbed tear gas canisters, and used pepper spray and water cannons to stop our movement. But the process was wrong because we will never go back before realising our demand. We were ready to soak our white dresses with our blood. Now we are ready to die.
It may be mentioned that the nursed started their demonstration on April 4 and they started hunger strike from April 28 in front of the National Press Club.
