Colleagues protest attack on doctor at hospital
Doctors, nurses and general employees of Chapainawaganj Sadar Hospital form a human chain in front of the hospital yesterday protesting the alleged attack on an on-duty doctor by a patient at the emergency department on Saturday.Photo: STAR
Doctors, nurses and employees of Chapainawabganj Adhunik Sadar Hospital yesterday formed human chain and held a rally in front of the hospital demanding punishment to a culprit who beat up an on-duty doctor of emergency department on Saturday. Wearing black badges, they also observed work abstention for half an hour from 11:30am to 12:00pm. Speakers at the protest rally said that doctors and staffs came to the hospital from different areas for treatment of the patients. But a few people are creating chaos at the hospital without any reason. They demanded exemplary punishment to the culprit who beat up their colleague Dr. Shafiqul Islam severely. Critically injured Dr. Shafiqul Islam, medical officer of the hospital, is now under treatment at the hospital, they said. They also vowed to take up tougher agitation programme if the offender goes unpunished. Dr. Abdus Salam, president of Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA), Chapainawabganj district unit, Dr. Asit Sarkar, Residential Medical Officer (RMO), Dr. Rabiul Alam, Rebeka Sultan, nursing supervisor, employees of the hospital Ekramul Haque and Rezaul Karim spoke at the rally. Hospital and police sources said, one Azizur Rahman, 40, of Masjidpara area in the town came to the hospital emergency on Saturday at about 6:30pm for treatment of diarrhoea. Dr. Shafiqul Islam suggested him to take admission at the hospital. But the man went out of the hospital and returned a few minutes later bringing charges of laxness against Shafiqul. At one stage, he hit the doctor with a stool injuring him seriously. Angry locals and staff of the hospital caught Azizur and later the hospital authorities handed him over to Sadar police. Dr. Motiur Rahman, acting civil surgeon of Chapainawabganj, filed a case against Azizur with Sadar police station on Saturday night.
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