Locals demand arrest of doctor in 24 hours

NATORE, Nov 05 (UNB): Local people formed a human chain at Ahmedpur Bus Stand in Barigram upazila on Thursday demanding arrest of the doctor responsible for the death of Ariful within 24 hours.

They also threatened to besiege the local Police Station if their demand goes unheeded.

Several hundred people took to the street in the morning and formed the human chain.

On November 2, Ariful, son of Khodabox, a farmer, died on Monday, allegedly due to 'wrong treatment' at a hospital in Natore Sadar upazila.

Family sources said a toy whistle got stuck in Ariful's throat while playing. Then they took him to a local hospital where the doctors referred him to Natore Sadar Hospital.

The on-duty doctor Kazi Mohammad Ali Russel took the boy to the emergency ward and tried to pull out the whistle by performing a surgery on his throat.

Then the boy started bleeding excessively and his condition started to worsen. And he died while being moved to Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital.

A case was filed in connection with the death of a ten-year-old boy 'due to wrong treatment' at a hospital in Sadar upazila on Monday.

Khodabox, father of the child, filed the case against Dr Kazi Mohammad Ali Russel with Sadar Police Station.