Kamalnagar (Lakshmipur) Representative:
As part of the central program, the health assistants have started a strike in Kamalnagar, Lakshmipur. On Saturday morning, the Bangladesh Health Assistant Association Kamalnagar Upazila branch started their strike from the health complex. Present at the time were Bangladesh Health Assistant Association Kamalnagar Upazila branch president Maksudur Rahman Manik, general secretary Md. Firoz Alam, health assistants Md. Shariful Islam, Jasim Uddin, Shirin Akhter, Nahida Begum, etc.
It is known that the health assistants, assistant health inspectors and health inspectors working in health services at the grassroots level, including the expanded immunization program EPI under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, demanded six points including amendment in the appointment rules, in-service training and upgradation to the 14th grade. They are boycotting all activities, including EPI and the upcoming TCV vaccination campaign, from today and will stop indefinitely if their demands are not implemented.