Nurses go on work abstention at OMCH

SYLHET, May 19 (UNB): Nurses at Osmani Medical College Hospital (OMCH) went on an indefinite work abstention Monday, protesting an alleged assault on one of their fellow colleagues by some interns.

Sources said two interns - Tofail Ahmed and Jonny - locked into an altercation with Proloy, a male nurse, over bringing the patients' prescriptions at around 12:30 am.

At one stage of altercation, Tofail, Jonny and some other interns beat up Proloy, leaving him injured. Four other nurses were also injured when they tried to save Proloy.

On information, the hospital authority rescued Proloy and admitted him to the hospital.

Angered by the incident, the nurses went on a work abstention and staged demonstrations, demanding exemplary punishment of those involved in the attack.

They also threatened to continue their work abstention programme until the attackers were brought to book.

Meanwhile, the students of Osmani Hospital Nursing Institute expressed their solidarity with the nurses and boycotted their classes protesting the incident.

Meanwhile, a five-member probe committee, headed by OMCH director Brigadier General Mohammad Mizanur Rahman, has been formed to investigate the matter.