Memo to PM seeking justice

In the memorandum, they also sought the PM's intervention to put an end to repeated incidents of attack on journalists, harassment of patients and their relatives as well as vandalism and corruption practised by a handful of internee doctors at the hospital.

The memorandum was submitted by the Chittagong Union of Journalists (CUJ) and Chittagong Metropolitan Union of Journalists (CMUJ) through the deputy commissioner of Chittagong as part of a pre-announced 3-day agitation programme.

The journalist unions also submitted separate memorandum to the health minister and the state minister for home affairs.

The memorandum was signed by CMUJ President Shamsul Haq Haidary and General Secretary Mohammad Shahnowaz, CUJ President Mostaque Ahmed, and General Secretary Shahid Ul Alam.

Zahid Al Amin, a staff reporter of the Noya Diganta, came under an attack allegedly by some internee doctors and staffs while talking to the relatives of a severely burnt patient at CMCH on Thursday.

The patient Hosne Ara succumbed to her injury, reportedly due to lack of proper treatment, at the hospital on Saturday night.

Protesting the case filed in connection with the attack on the journalist, the handful internee doctors yesterday staged a demonstration on the CMCH premises and barred the patients from receiving treatment from outdoor and hampered indoor service of the hospital as well.