Bogra SZMCH: Victim Rouf's father dies

The father of the youth assaulted by some interns of Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital on Sunday died at the hospital at around 6:00am yesterday.

The deceased, Alauddin Sarkar, 65, of Konagati village under Sadar upazila of Sirajganj, was admitted to the medicine department at Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital (SZMCH) on Saturday after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage. He was also suffering from asthma.

His son Abdur Rouf had an altercation with some interns over a silly matter on Sunday evening. The interns beat him and locked him up in a room. He was later rescued by the police.

Alauddin's condition worsened when he heard that his son had been beaten up. He was shifted to the ICU, where he died.

Director of SZMCH Brig Gen AKM Masood Ahsan said a medical board ensured medical support to the patient but his condition was not good and so he died.

The interns called a strike on Sunday and demanded punishment of those who attacked them, security of doctors, 24-hour deployment of two Ansars in each department, limiting of number of visitors to the hospital and deployment of police in the hospital premises.

The interns called off the strike on Monday on assurance given by the hospital authorities that their demands would be met within seven days. However, they said they will call another strike if the demands are not met by February 27.

Such reckless attitude of the interns towards the patients and their relatives and the language in the placards carried by the human chain on Monday morning raised a storm of criticism among the locals.

A probe committee of SZMCH has been formed and it is investigating the matter, the director said.