Magura nurses continue token strike

Nurses at Magura Sadar Hospital yesterday continued work abstention for two hours from 8:00am demanding immediate arrest of a patient who assaulted a female nurse at the hospital on September 26.
“We will continue work abstention programme until the culprit who assaulted our colleague Suchitra Sissam Chakma is arrested”, Firoza Khatun, president of Nurses' Association in Magura said.
Hospital sources said a patient named Azad slapped Sissam Chakma at around 8:00 am on September 26 as she allegedly did not pay heed to repeated request to attend him and misbehaved with him.
Immediately after the incident, doctors, nurses and staff of the hospital went on an indefinite strike. They, however, called off their strike and returned to their duties at 2:30pm following a meeting with the local ruling party leaders.
On Wednesday, the nurses started a two-hour token strike as no step was taken to arrest or punish Azad.
The assaulted nurse, Sissam Chakma, filed a case with Magura Sadar police station against patient Azad.