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Thakurgaon Diabetic Hospital

Docs, staff on strike for arrear salaries

Our Correspondent, Thakurgaon
Doctors and staffs at Thakurgaon Swasthoseba Hospital (diabetic) went on an indefinite work abstention programme yesterday, demanding arrear salaries for nine months.
During a programme from 10:00am yesterday, they staged a three-hour sit-in in front of the gate of the hospital.
Several doctors and staffs spoke at the gathering.
Medical Officer of the hospital Dr Nur Alam Mondal said that the doctors and staffs of the hospital had been passing hard days with their family members as they were not getting salaries regularly. The salaries of doctors and staffs became pending in three years as the authorities did not pay those showing various reasons.
Abul Hossain, an employee of the hospital, said that they were already burdened with huge loans.
"It is hard to pay attention to duties and give better service to the patients when you are starving. We got our salaries in March last in the current year, he saide."
The protesters threatened to launch a tougher agitation if their salaries with dues
were not paid immediately.
Earlier, the staffs of the hospital observed token work abstention every day for several days to realise their demands and wore black badges.
Seeking anonymity, a higher official of the hospital told this correspondent that they had already informed the matter to the higher authorities.
Replying a query, he said that 126 staffs including 12 doctors, 13 staff-nurses and 101 employees were working at the hospital.
The 30-bed Thakurgaon Swasthosheba Hospital started its journey in August 2006 under a joint Health Care Development Project of Bangladesh Diabetic Association and the Netherlands government.
In 2008, an Eye Care Project started at the hospital.
Under the project, unprivileged patients especially diabetes and eye patients were being treated with low cost.
The income of the hospital is sent to the central account of the project of Bangladesh Diabetic Association every day. Monthly expenditure of the hospital is about Tk 18-19 lakh while it needs Tk 26 lakh per month to run the hospital. Without subsidy it is not possible to run the activities at the hospital, the official said.