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Protests Continue at Imam Khomeini Specialist Hospital

The protest of the Imam Khomeini specialist hospital employees in Karaj continued for the sixth day. The protesters demand their salaries which have not been paid for one year.

Ghasem Taheri, the deputy of Islamic jobs association for the hospital estimated the number of protesters to be over 250.

According to him, the dialysis department of the hospital was also shut down today due to lack of funds.

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