B'baria Sadar Hospital docs, staff on strike

Doctors and employees of Brahmanbaria Sadar Hospital went on work abstention yesterday morning protesting attack on them on Saturday.
Dr. Abus Sayeed said that a gang entered the emergency unit of the hospital forcibly and attacked the on-duty doctors and employees and snatched away documents and a mobile phone set on Saturday.
A case was filed but none was arrested.
Sources said the work abstention will continue till today and if the culprits are not arrested by this time the doctors and staff will announce a tougher programme.
Meanwhile, patients coming from different areas of the district for treatment have been suffering a lot due to the work abstention.
Away in Patuakhali, a patient died allegedly without treatment at the town's general hospital.
Safia Begum, 35, of Kalagachia village under Mirzagonj upazila who was admitted to the hospital died at about 8 am yesterday.
Relatives of the patient physically assaulted on-duty doctor Atiqur Rahman, medical officer (MO) of the hospital after the death of Safia, reports our correspondent.
Piara Islam, daughter of the patient said they took Safia to the diarrhoea ward at about 3 pm on Sunday.
After admission a nurse pushed a bag of saline. "Nurse or doctor none came to see my mother. Ajmol, a nephew of my mother bought another bag of saline from outside and himself pushed it into his aunt's body,” she said.
The medical officer came to the ward at about 8 am yesterday but by that time the patient passed away.
Contacted Dr Atiqur Rahman said, normally the on-duty nurses call a doctor if any patient's condition worsens. "But nobody called me to attend any patient", he said.