Saturday, October 22, 2005

Hospital orderlies gather in protest

Iran Press News: Translation by Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi
According to the regime-run site, AFTAB, orderlies from medical centers and hospitals around the township of Baabol (Mazandaraan/Capsian Province) gathered on Thursday morning, Oct. 2nd to protest 6 months non-receipt of their wages and their benefits. They also demanded that their case be immediately investigated.

The authorities of the Baabol health and welfare office who listened to these grievances announced that they would immediately look into each case and asked that the orderlies return to work quietly. They did; as of yet there has been no word or results.