LAHORE, May 18: Paramedics working in public sector hospitals of the province continued agitation on Friday.

Dozens of paramedics under the banner of the Punjab Paramedics Alliance Class-IV took out a rally from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and staged a sit-in outside the health facility to protest government’s apathy towards their demands. They continued their agitation for two hours.

Pakistan Paramedical Association office bearers Malik Munir and Rehmat Sindhu criticised the government for not accepting demands of lower cadre employees despite making promise last year.

Malik Munir held bureaucracy in the health department responsible for not pleading the case of paramedics regarding service structure, regularisation of contract and daily wages employees and health professional allowance.

Mr Malik announced their agitation would continue till the acceptance of their all demands, saying a rally would be taken out from the Punjab Institute of Mental Health on Saturday (today).