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Work stoppage of nurses in govt hospitals

Nurses in public hospitals nationwide staged a four-hour work stoppage to press home their single-point demand. The protest calling for the withdrawal of all cadre officers in the Directorate General of Nursing and Midwifery and Bangladesh Nursing and Midwifery Council continued from 9am to 1pm on Tuesday, Oct 8, 2024.

Nurses in public hospitals across the country staged a four-hour work stoppage to press home their single-point demand on Tuesday, Oct 8, 2024. They conducted a rally at the time outside the administrative building of Dhaka Medical College Hospital by halting services.
Nurses in public hospitals across the country staged a four-hour work stoppage to press home their single-point demand on Tuesday, Oct 8, 2024. They conducted a rally at the time outside the administrative building of Dhaka Medical College Hospital by halting services.
The seats of nurses in Dhaka Medical College Hospital’s Ward 101 are empty. It was their four-hour work stoppage for a one-point demand on Tuesday, Oct 8, 2024. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
The seats of nurses in Dhaka Medical College Hospital’s Ward 101 are empty. It was their four-hour work stoppage for a one-point demand on Tuesday, Oct 8, 2024. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
Nurses in public hospitals across the country staged a four-hour work stoppage to press home their single-point demand on Tuesday, Oct 8, 2024. They conducted a rally at the time outside the administrative building of Dhaka Medical College Hospital by halting services.
Nurses in public hospitals across the country staged a four-hour work stoppage to press home their single-point demand on Tuesday, Oct 8, 2024. They conducted a rally at the time outside the administrative building of Dhaka Medical College Hospital by halting services.
Work stoppage written on a paper placed on the nurses’ table at Ward 206 of Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Tuesday, Oct 8, 2024. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
Work stoppage written on a paper placed on the nurses’ table at Ward 206 of Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Tuesday, Oct 8, 2024. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
Work stoppage written on a paper placed on the nurses’ table at Ward 206 of Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Tuesday, Oct 8, 2024. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
Work stoppage written on a paper placed on the nurses’ table at Ward 206 of Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Tuesday, Oct 8, 2024. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
No nurse was available at Ward 205 in Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Work stoppage was also written there.
No nurse was available at Ward 205 in Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Work stoppage was also written there.
The strike of the nurses caused suffering to patients. Along with their relatives, they crowded outside wards 207 and 208 in Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Tuesday, Oct 8, 2024. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
The strike of the nurses caused suffering to patients. Along with their relatives, they crowded outside wards 207 and 208 in Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Tuesday, Oct 8, 2024. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
Nurses in public hospitals across the country staged a four-hour work stoppage to press home their single-point demand on Tuesday, Oct 8, 2024. They conducted a rally at the time outside the administrative building of Dhaka Medical College Hospital by halting services.
Nurses in public hospitals across the country staged a four-hour work stoppage to press home their single-point demand on Tuesday, Oct 8, 2024. They conducted a rally at the time outside the administrative building of Dhaka Medical College Hospital by halting services.
Shafiqul Islam, a patient at NITOR, was unable to open his foot plaster as the nurses were on strike. Finding no other way, his brother tried to unfold the plaster cast.
Shafiqul Islam, a patient at NITOR, was unable to open his foot plaster as the nurses were on strike. Finding no other way, his brother tried to unfold the plaster cast.
The plaster room of the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation, or NITOR, was closed during the nurses’ strike, awaiting patients outside.
The plaster room of the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation, or NITOR, was closed during the nurses’ strike, awaiting patients outside.
Nurses held a work stoppage since the morning in Dhaka’s Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital.
Nurses held a work stoppage since the morning in Dhaka’s Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital.

bdnews24.com

Published : 09 Oct 2024, 02:59 AM

Updated : 21 Aug 2026, 05:37 PM

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