'Bring interns to book'
Speakers at a rally in the town yesterday demanded exemplary punishment to those who were responsible for the death of a patient.
Some rights groups organised the programme.
On Thursday, Rahela Bewa, 75, of Joypurhat was admitted to Bogra Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital (SZMC) with old age complications.
Rahela's son Gaziur Rahman and grandson Rumman Hossain Shanto were beaten by the interns when Shanto addressed an intern as 'apa' (sister).
Later, doctors discharged the patient from SZMC without completing her treatment, said the speakers. Rahela died on Friday while being taken to Joypurhat hospital.
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