Patients suffer as nurses continue work abstention
Treatment at Panba Medical College Hospital is badly hampered as student nurses went on an indefinite work abstention on October 12 demanding that the authority give pass marks to six of their fellow students who failed in the third year final examinations. Photo: STAR
Student nurses have been abstaining from their duties at Pabna Medical College Hospital since Saturday to press the authorities of Pabna Nursing Institute to give pass marks to six fellow students, who failed in the recently held.
The results of third year final examinations were published on October 7 and 43 examinees out of 49 came out successful. Student nurses then put pressure on the authorities of the institute to declare the six students, who failed in the examinations, passed.
As the authorities refused to meet the illogical demand of the student nurses, they stopped working at the medical college hospital from October 12.
As many as 147 student nurses along with 62 staff nurses provide healthcare services for the patients at 250-bed hospital in three shifts. But work abstention by the student nurses is seriously hampering the hospital's health services.
Only 10 to 15 staff nurses are working in each shift at 11 general wards, five operation theatres, 16 paying beds and eight cabins, causing immense sufferings to the patients.
Dr Monwarul Aziz, assistant director (AD) of Pabna Medical College Hospital, said each student needs to score minimum 25 marks to pass the examination, but all the six have got below 10.
“We advised them to get prepared for the next examinations, but they instigated other students to go for agitation, ignoring our advice,” the AD added.
The medical college authorities yesterday issued notices to the agitating student nurses, asking them to join their duties by October 22. Otherwise, the authorities said stern action will be taken against the agitators.
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