Osmani Hospital interns’ strike rolls into 2nd day

Attack on fellows by patients’ relatives

August 04, 2022 00:00:00

The interns at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College and Hospital staged a demonstration for the second day on the college campus on Wednesday, protesting attack on their fellows by relatives of a patient — Focus Bangla

SYLHET, Aug 03 (UNB): The interns at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College and Hospital (SOMCH) continued their strike for the 2nd consecutive day on Wednesday protesting the attack on two of their fellows by the relatives of a patient.

They took position on the college campus and put the administrative building gate under lock and key until 12:00 noon boycotting their classes and exams.

The interns blocked the road in front of the main gate of the hospital around 1:00 pm, causing severe traffic jam on both the sides of Rikabibazar-Medical road.

Only those vehicles which were carrying patients were allowed to move on the road.

The protesting interns gave an ultimatum until Thursday morning to meet their demands.

The blockade was lifted after announcement of their ultimatum in the afternoon. However, they will continue boycotting their classes and exams.

General Secretary of Intern Physicians' Council Dr Matiur Rahman said if the main accused are not arrested by Thursday morning, they will stop all the activities of the hospital including the outdoor patient service, emergency department and cardiac department.

SOMCH Director Brigadier Mahbubur Rahman Bhuiyan said the overall medical services are normal now.

"Several steps have been taken to strengthen the security of the hospital and the medical college," he added.

On Sunday, two relatives of a patient misbehaved with a female intern at the hospital. They were later handed over to the police.

To take revenge, relatives of the patient entered the college campus and stabbed two interns-Emon Ahmed (24) and Rudra Nath (22) on Monday night.

All intern doctors of the hospital went on work abstention at 11:00 on Monday and announced to go on strike until all the attackers were arrested.

They closed all the hospital gates and took position on the main road in front of it.

On Monday night, police arrested two people --Syed Hasan Rabbi (27), general secretary of word no 3 of Sylhet Metropolitan unit of Chhatra League and Ehsan Ahmed (22).