Teacher Dies of 'Wrong Treatment'
Students ransack hospital, 30 hurt in police action
Death of an injured teacher in Thakurgaon Sadar Hospital sparked angry protest by students on Wednesday afternoon.
As the agitated students of Thakurgaon Polytechnic Institute, where the victim Rezaul Karim served, started vandalising the hospital, police went into action, causing injuries to 30 people including students and pedestrians.
Rezaul, 33, was injured when the auto-rickshaw carrying him turned down upside in front of Thakurgaon Judge's Court at about 3:00pm.
Locals rushed him to Thakurgaon Sadar Hospital where Medical Officer Wadud Hossain examined him and found a fracture in his leg.
As per prescription of the doctor, some ampoules of different injections including painkillers were injected to the patient but his condition started deteriorating fast. Then the hospital authorities suggested shifting him to a Dinajpur or Rangpur medical college hospital but he succumbed to his injuries at about 4:30pm when preparation was on to transfer him.
Hearing the death news of the teacher, students of the institute gathered on the hospital compound.
Hearing that the teacher's condition deteriorated fast after giving injections they became agitated. When the hospital authorities created pressure on the patient's attendants to remove the dead body from the hospital, the students burst into a rage and started vandalising doors and windows of the hospital at around 6:15pm.
On information, police went to the spot and started charging batons on the students. Even pedestrians and attendants of other patients were not spared. At least 30 people were injured during the incident.
When contacted, Dr Wadud Hossain told this correspondent, "The patient was given pain killer injections following requests from his attendants as they wanted to shift him to Rangpur Medical College Hospital. Besides, suggestions from other doctors of the hospital were taken. It is not true that he died due to wrong treatment."
"I am yet to hear that anybody died due to painkillers," Resident Medical Officer Dr Rustom Ali said.
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