Dhaka, June 7 -- Intern doctors at Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) have launched an indefinite work stoppage in pursuit of a six-point set of demands.

They, however, say patient services have not been fully disrupted.

The work abstention began at 8am on Sunday, with the CMCH Intern Doctors Association also announcing a demonstration outside the hospital building at 11:30am.

Association President Sakib Hossain said, "We have launched the strike as part of a coordinated programme across all medical college hospitals in the country.

"Some assurance was given on our first demand, but there has been no commitment on the remaining issues, so we were compelled to stop work."

He added that trainee doctors at CMCH were continuing t...