Thousands of diabetics who live in Thakurgaon and Panchagarh districts have been suffering a lot since the employees of Thakurgaon Swasthoseba Hospital have decided to continue their agitation programmes because their demands have yet to be met.
Hospital sources said being unable to make the hospital authority pay up their arrears, the doctors, nurses and other employees of the hospital have observed three days of work abstention from Saturday to Monday.
Later, on Monday, the workers declared that they would go on strike for an indefinite period as their demands still had not been met.
Yesterday, the workers brought out a procession in the district and marched toward the office of the deputy commissioner. They then observed a sit-in in front of the DC office and chanted slogans of their demands.
The agitating workers also met with the deputy commissioner to resolve the crisis. But the meeting ended without any solution.
“As the district administration did not pay heed to our demands, we will continue our movement,” said Dr Nur Alam on behalf of the protesting workers.
Hospital sources said there is a total of 126 staff members at the hospital, and they have been unpaid for last nine months.
When contacted, the agitating staff blamed the authorities concerned for the deadlock, saying they were forced to call the strike as the situation had finally become unbearable.
Ekramul Hoque Swapan, executive director of the hospital, said he was trying his best to solve the crisis by contacting the higher authorities.
Mukes Biswas, Thakurgaon Deputy Commissioner, said the ongoing impasse was an internal hospital matter that the authorities would solve.