Nursing New Wounds: Students on strike over meal charges
The mess fee is Rs 1,700 which has been increased to Rs 2,400 per head but the food quality is the same.
BAHAWALPUR:
Student Nurses at the Bahawal Victoria Hospital Nursing School have gone on strike. The Nursing student protested against the allegedly indifferent attitude of the Nursing School principal Sanjeeda Irshad. They said that first year and second year nursing students were being asked to pay an additional mess fee and other charges. “The mess fee is Rs 1,700 which has been increased to Rs 2,400 per head but the food quality is the same. Other charges have also been levied without any services being provided,” they said. Students blocked Circular Road from 8am to 7pm on Tuesday and said they would not cancel the strike until the principal was removed from office.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 5th, 2011.
Student Nurses at the Bahawal Victoria Hospital Nursing School have gone on strike. The Nursing student protested against the allegedly indifferent attitude of the Nursing School principal Sanjeeda Irshad. They said that first year and second year nursing students were being asked to pay an additional mess fee and other charges. “The mess fee is Rs 1,700 which has been increased to Rs 2,400 per head but the food quality is the same. Other charges have also been levied without any services being provided,” they said. Students blocked Circular Road from 8am to 7pm on Tuesday and said they would not cancel the strike until the principal was removed from office.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 5th, 2011.