A Barisal court yesterday sent to jail three youths who allegedly assaulted a nurse following the death of a patient at Sher-Bangla Medical College Hospital on Tuesday.
They were sent to court after Dr Kamrul Hasan Selim, director of the SBMCH, lodged a general diary with Kotwali police station Tuesday afternoon.
Md Ali Hussain, chief metropolitan magistrate of Barisal, rejecting bail prayer of the arrestees gave an order to send them to jail, court sources said.
Family members of the arrestees said Liton, a resident of the KDC area of the city, was brought to the emergency ward of the hospital at about 5pm on Tuesday after he fell ill.
Attending physicians of the hospital declared his death 40 minutes after he was taken there.
Following the death, his relatives becomes furious and swooped on Mustafizur Rahman, senior staff nurse, blaming him for the delay in admission as well as treatment which caused Liton's death.
The attendants of the patient also clashed with other staff of the hospital.
They alleged that the senior staff nurse Mustafiz demanded a bribe to admit and give treatment to the patient.
Then, the hospital staff stopped performing their duty.
Later, police rushed to the spot and detained the three youths and brought the situation under control.
The hospital staff resumed duty at about 6:30pm Tuesday after Dr Kamrul Hasan Selim assured them he would take legal action against the attackers.