KMCH interns go on 48-hour strike for salary hike

KHULNA, Mar 24, (UNB): Interns at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) went on a 48-hour strike on Sunday morning demanding an increase in salary and allowances.
Due to the strike, patients in the hospital are not getting their desired services.
No doctors were seen in most of the wards, causing suffering to the patients.
The 48-hour strike will continue until 8:30 pm today (Monday) that started Sunday at 8:30 am on Sunday.
Dibakar Chakma, president of Intern Doctors Council of KMCH and Dr. Asaduzzaman Sagar, general secretary of the organisation, said last year interns and postgraduate trainee doctors staged demonstrations demanding salary hike and then health minister promised to increase the salaries and allowances.
Later, the salary of post graduate trainee doctors was increased but the salary of interns was not, they said.