The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Diploma holders from the Medical Assistant Schools under the Health Department of the 1997 batch, urged the government to relax the age limit for the appointment of medical assistants, claiming that no Government circular was issued for job after their passing.

They demanded this yesterday at a press conference at the Dhaka Reporters Unity and said they would be v timised, if the 30 years age limit was not relaxed by the Health Department.

They said the Government issued a circular in the national dailies on November 8 for the appointment of 3,176 people-whose age was under 30 years-as medical assistants, but some two thousands students have so far passed from the Medical Schools since 1997. They alleged that all students, who had passed in 1997, did not get a chance to apply for the post and the age of most of the students, who had passed in 1998 and 1999, has crossed the age limit.

They told reporters that about 500 students would be disallowed from applying because of the age bar.

The government should give chance to the students, who have crossed the age limit, on humanitarian grounds, as the Government has issued the circular after a long gap of 10 to 11 years, the added.

Julia Khatun, Nilufar Khatun, Momena Aktar and Lutfur Rahman of Tangail Medical Assistant School, among others, were present at the conference.