Students of Barisal Health Technology Institute yesterday blocking road in the city formed a human chain and held demonstration to press home their 10-point demand, including giving second-class gazetted status to diploma holder technologists and pharmacists.
The Bangladesh Diploma Medical Technology and Pharmacy Students Association has organised rally in front of Ashwini Kumar Hall.
Later, police removed them from road to resume traffic on busy working hours and allowed to form human chain on a roadside.
They also handed over a memorandum to the deputy commissioner.
Leaders of Bangladesh Diploma Medical Technology and Pharmacy Students’ Association – Chandan Adhikari, Sumon Bishwas, Nirjhar Mandal, Swapan Kumar Pal, Sajal Pal, Sanjib Majumdar, Golam Murshed, Arka Pal, Shekhar Mandal addressed the programme.
Their 10-point demands included formation of diploma medical education board, creating posts as per directions of World Health Organisation in public health service providing institutes, giving second-class gazetted status to diploma holder technologists and pharmacists, introducing degree and masters courses for them giving first-class gazetted status in public service, creating new directorates for the medical technologists and pharmacists, giving promotions in service by creating carrier panel, registration for private practices for dental and physiotherapy diploma holders, compulsory appointments of technologists and pharmacists at all private and non-government health service providing organisations under specified rules and regulations.
Speakers at the rally leaders cautioned that if their demands would not the fulfilled soon, then they will start heard movement for that.