Students call for immediate arrangements for overseas treatment of the Injured people

Injured people and students from different universities under the banner 'Empowering our fighters' on Friday placed a six-point demand regarding the treatment and rehabilitation of wounded people in the student-led mass upsurge.

Mentioning people's sufferings in hospitals, the students at a press conference at the auditorium of Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU), demanded to ensure complete treatment of each wounded person under government supervision as well as to ensure a dignified life and rehabilitation.

A dedicated government body must be formed to send the injured people abroad for treatment avoiding delay or bringing medical equipment and hiring doctors from abroad, said the platform's organising secretary Sakibur Rahman Rony while reading out a written statement, BSS reports.

Government's special allocation must be ensured to the hospitals and concerned affiliated institutions along with bringing overall reformation in the health sector, Sakibur added.

The six-point demand also includes presenting a feasible roadmap through short and long term measures for materialising the aspirations of student-people mass uprising and holding open dialogue on a regular basis between the government and student-people.

Despite government's clear instruction to minimise bills, private hospitals seem not to be considerate while some government hospitals have reportedly lacked sincerity in treating the patients, said the students while presenting their seven-point observations.

Without ensuring adequate financial allocation, the government asked the hospitals to ensure free treatment to the movement-injured patients and thus, they are carrying out treatment with donations and other private arrangements, it added.

The press conference was also addressed by Edul Foysal, Koli Kayez and student-movement injured Mohammad Sharif, Motiur Rahman, Israfil Majumder, Al Amin, and Saiful Islam.