Dhaka, June 8 -- Intern doctors at Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) are continuing a work stoppage into a second day as part of a central programme to demand the withdrawal of the decision on Fellowship of the College of Physicians and Surgeons (FCPS) training and the enactment of a health worker protection law.

The protest was launched at 8am on Sunday and has now continued into Monday.

Dr Irfanur Rahman, office secretary of the Intern Doctors Association of CMCH, told bdnews24.com: "Our strike continues today in continuation of the indefinite programme we launched yesterday.

"In addition, a human chain demonstration and protest programme will be held on the campus at 11:30am."

Irfanur said a delegation of the protesting in...