MMCH interns continue strike
Interns at Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital (MMCH) continued their indefinite strike for the third day yesterday.
The interns went on strike on Saturday morning protesting alleged attack on their colleagues by the relatives of a patient on Friday.
Sources said, Divya Joyati Saha, 13, a class seven student of Baro Bazar area in the district town was admitted to the hospital's ward 14 on June 1 with bronco pneumonia.
But the relatives of the patient took him to a paying bed at ward 19 defying the instruction of the on-duty doctors, sources said. The patient's condition was not well and at around 5:30pm, Divya Joyati Saha died of his complications at ward 19.
After sometime, relatives of the patient with the help of outsiders swooped on the interns and assaulted a few of them.
Meanwhile, handling of huge rush of patients at the hospital yesterday turned into a hard task for the doctors and nurses.
About 180 interns used to work at different wards of the hospital with senior doctors. But the absence of interns is now putting a huge pressure on them, said a nurse at medicine ward of the hospital.
Patients at medicine, labour and paediatric wards suffer a lot during any stirke, said a nurse at labour ward. A doctor at paediatric ward admitted to this correspondent that ethically doctors should not announce such a tough programme.
Meanwhile, the striking interns under the banner of Interns' Chikitshak Parishad (Ichip) yesterday held a press confernece at the doctors club.
At the press conference, they alleged that at least five doctors were assualted by the outsiders and patient's relatives.
They also vowed that they would not join duties until their five-point demand is met.
Later, they formed a human chain and brought out a silent procession yesterday to press home their demands.
The demands include punsihment to Friday's attackers and tightening of security of interns at the hospital.
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