Must meet BMA leader before joining
Though it was not a prerequisite, doctors had to introduce themselves to a leader of Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) before joining the on-job training for postgraduate courses in Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) yesterday, alleged doctors.
Sources said Abul Hashem, the head clerk of the CMCH director's office, sent the doctors to Dr Abul Hossen Shahin, office secretary of BMA, Chittagong district unit, for introduction.
“Why do I need to meet him for joining CMCH, is he the authority?” said a doctor, seeking anonymity. “When we reported to Hashem, he sent us to the BMA office secretary for introduction.”
The doctors claimed that put undue mental pressure on them.
CMCH sources said 46 doctors, who were earlier posted in different health complexes or made OSDs, were joining the on-job training from yesterday.
Asked, Hashem said he did not sent any doctor to the BMA leader; they went to see him at their “own will”.
Contacted, CMCH Director Brig Gen Jalal Uddin said he did not receive any complaint from the doctors. “They will report to me as I'm the person to decide about their joining. I'm entrusted by the state and I'm not obliged to any BMA leader.”
“Dr Shahin has no role in this joining process. Maybe some went to him willingly,” he said.
Contacted, Dr Shahin said he did not call anyone, but rather many doctors went to see him.
“They were familiar to us and all of them were posted to CMCH as we [BMA, Chittagong unit] sent letters to the Directorate General of Health Services requesting for doctors to fill-up the shortage,” said Shahin, also a junior consultant of the Cardiology department there.
“How ungrateful they are! They have been posted in CMCH through BMA leaders and now they are complaining against us,” he said.
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