Nursing students agitate to realise 6-point demand

Students of Barisal Nursing College demonstrate on the campus of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital yesterday to press their six-point demand. Photo: Star

Nursing students yesterday agitated on college campuses to realise their 6-point demand.
The students of Mymensingh Nursing College staged a three-long hour sit-in on the college premises to press home their demands, reports our correspondent.
The demands included introduction of a 4-year nursing course, one-year internship, increasing monthly stipend to Tk 3,000, allowing to wear apron and higher education facilities in nursing.
The nursing students of the college started their programme at 10:00am and they continued it for three hours.
A rally was held after the sit-in.
At the rally, the students said that they were deprived of proper facilities for continuing study.
They urged the government to fulfill their demand for the better interest of country's health sector.
If the demands were not fulfilled immediately, we will go for tougher movement, the students warned.
In Barisal, the students of Barisal Nursing College at Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital agitated on the campus yesterday, reports our correspondent.
To realise their demands, the 260 nursing students of the college boycotted their classes and demonstrated for 4 hours from 9:00am.
At a rally, the speaker vowed to continue agitation until all the demands were met.