'Reinstate officials in previous posts before BMA polls'
The leaders of Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) yesterday demanded the government reinstate all the transferred presidents and general secretaries of district-level BMA offices in their previous posts before the BMA election on November 5.
The BMA leaders placed an 11-point demand at a press briefing at the National Press Club in the city for a free and fair election.
Acting Secretary General of BMA Mostaque Rahim Swapan said soon after the announcement of the polls, the Awami League government transferred a huge number of central and district-level officials of BMA to different areas.
“The transfer of district-level officials has created a deadlock in collecting membership and their renewal which is the main obstacle to conducting a fair election,” he added.
Other demands of the leaders include reinstatement of the central working committee officials and members and freeing BMA General Secretary Zahid Hossain from jail before the polls.
They demanded withdrawal of the false and conspiracy cases against Zahid Hossain and working committee member Dr Firoz Mahmud Iqbal, halting the initiatives by a group of doctors to manipulate the election and steps to create a level-playing field to give the opportunity for all the parties to take part in the polls.
They also demanded steps to stop repression and physical harassment on doctors immediately, transfer of reputed physicians for the sake of quality higher education and treatment and stop corruption, nepotism and partisan politics in health sector.
Other demands include recruitment of doctors through special BCS examination instead of ad hoc basis recruitment and inclusion of BMA in finalising the health policy.
“As a national organisation of the doctors of the country, BMA wants a fair election. That's why, BMA leaders wrote letters to the director general of DGHS and the health minister in this regard. But they did not pay heed to our appeal,” said BMA President Dr AKM Azizul Haque.
BMA Vice-President of Barisal division Dr Mohamad Rafikul Kabir Labu, Organising Secretary Dr Farhad Halim Donor and Publicity Secretary Syed Mohammad Akram Hossain and Treasurer Dr Harun Al Rashid were also present at the programme.
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