Murder of doctor unacceptable

At a time when doctors—frontline workers in our battle against the coronavirus pandemic—are struggling to provide healthcare support to the nation, I was enraged by the news that the family of a patient who died after giving birth to a child reportedly killed a doctor in Khulna.

Such criminal-like behaviour must not go unpunished. The doctor, who died of brain haemorrhage after being beaten up, was well-reputed and had kept his clinic open to patients at a time when many other clinics were shut. Members of the family alleged that his treatment led to the new mother's death but reports suggest that the woman died on her way to the capital in an ambulance due to complications caused by her delivery. Our healthcare system is collapsing due to Covid-19 and with the shortage of doctors nationwide, this murder is a terrible loss. The authorities must immediately bring the culprits to justice.