Mymensingh medical students and interns continue strike
Interns and students agitate in Mymensingh Medical College Hospital yesterday demanding immediate arrest and punishment of the outsiders who attacked them on Thursday night. Photo: STAR
Interns and students of Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital continued their strike for the second day yesterday. They went on the strike on Friday noon demanding arrest of some locals who attacked interns and students on Thursday night. The agitating interns and students yesterday said they will continue strike until their demand is met. Earlier on the day, the MMCH authorities held a meeting with the agitating interns and students. But the meeting yielded no positive results. They also gave a 72-hour ultimatum to arrest the attackers. Otherwise, they threatened to go for tougher agitation. Local lawmaker Principal Motiur Rahman, municipality Mayor Ekramul Haque Titu, Hospital Director Brig Gen Md Shahjahan, Principal of the college Prof Aminul Haque, BMA Mymensingh district unit Secretary Dr Md Motiur Rahman Bhuiyan, and officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station Golam Sarwar were present at the meeting. The attack was made following an altercation between some interns and locals of nearby Charpara area over harassing a female intern by a man of the area on Thursday night. Immediately after the incident, a group of people of the area attacked the intern doctors and vandalised some hospital rooms. The intern doctors and MMC students yesterday staged a sit-in in front of the college. Later, they brought out a procession on the MMCH premises. Following a request of the MMCH authorities and the BMA leaders, the interns agreed to form an 'emergency squad' for treatment of the critical patients.
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