The mob ransacked and damaged furniture, medicine, doors and windows of the 20-bed hospital protesting non-attendance of doctors at the emergency ward.

According to police sources, Rafiqul Islam of Kawak village admitted his son, Belal Hossain, 4, to the hospital at noon with serious burn injuries.

As the patient's condition was deteriorating, the guardians called for doctors for proper treatment of the child. But on-duty nurses informed them that there was no doctor in the hospital at that time.

Hearing this, relatives of the patients and locals got furious and attacked the office room of the residential medical officer of the hospital.

They also ransacked furniture, medicine, doors and windows in different wards of the hospital. On information, Ullapara police rushed to the hospital and brought the situation under control.

A case was filed with the concerned police station in this connection. However, no one has been arrested as of writing this report last evening.