Doctors' strike for UNO's removal

Doctors and health workers in the district have been agitating since May 18 for removal UNO Abul Kalam for his alleged abuse of power and misbehabiour with health officials.

They will also abstain from work on Sunday, doctors at the Sadar Hospital said.

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On May 18, the UNO asked Upazila Health and Family Planning Officer Mridul Kanti Tripura to push Hepatitis-B vaccine to all policemen at the upazila police station. Mridul Kanti told the UNO that Hepatitis-B vaccine was only for children, not for adults.

This angered the UNO, who kept Dr. Mridul Kanti confined and asked a policeman to push the vaccine into all policemen at the thana. Mridul was then freed.

Doctors said the district administration was also informed about the incident.

ADM Emdadul Haque, when contacted, said, they received a fax massage from the Establishment Ministry about transfer of the the UNO. The UNO is on leave and the order will take soon, he said.