Strike will continue, say doctors

The agitating doctors will continue their strike in hospitals across the country until their demands are not met.
Dr Abdul Ahad, a resident surgeon of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), announced the new course of programme on Monday.
Dr Abdul Ahad, a resident surgeon of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), announced the new course of programme on Monday.
He, however, said emergency and other services will be available on a limited scale.
The demands include arrest of attackers on doctors and an enactment of the Health Protection Act.
The doctors will hold the programmes which include sit-in from 8:00am to 10:00am every day.
Emergency services will continue as usual. The outdoor service remains open on a limited basis from 10:00am to 1:00pm.
Routine services are closed, but emergency services will remain open. Indoor services will continue, he added.
Due to the strike, patients and their attendants were suffering a lot for proper lack of medical services.
Md Salauddin, father of a female patient who has been admitted to the emergency unit of DMCH, told the FE that they admitted their daughter at DMCH last week after she developed severe chest pain.
DMCH authorities said that they were in discussions with the agitating doctors on behalf of the hospital to bring normalcy.
Meanwhile, police arrested one person in connection with the attack on DMCH doctors.
Due to the attack and beating, the doctors announced a strike in various departments, including the emergency department, from Sunday morning. At noon, they announced a complete shutdown across the country.
In the afternoon, Health Adviser Nurjahan Begum sat in a meeting with doctors. There, she assured a fair investigation and brought the culprits to justice. The agitating doctors returned to work after evening. As on that day, other departments, including emergency, were resumed.

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