Jobless medical technologists also joined the demonstration outside Sasthya Bhaban in Dhaka’s Mohakhali from 11am to 1pm on Sunday. The speakers at the programme said the Health Services Division does not recognise medical technologists "properly". Thousands of medical technologists have surpassed the age fixed for recruitment because the government had not taken steps for appointment in over a decade, the protesters alleged. They also alleged indifference of the Directorate General of Health Services to safeguarding the interests of medical technologists. As the efforts to test samples for potential COVID-19 cases have been handicapped by a marked shortage of medical technologists in Bangladesh, the government has recently recruited 1,200 medical technologists and announced plan to hire more.

Source: bd News24 July 05, 2020 14:48 UTC