The doctors and employees of Magura Sadar Hospital yesterday gave authorities a 72-hour ultimatum to arrest the youths who had attacked the hospital’s doctor Rokokuzzaman.
The ultimatum came at a meeting of Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) of Magura yesterday afternoon. A procession was also brought out by the hospital doctors, nurses and employees at Magura Civil Surgeon Office premises, demanding the arrest of the attackers.
According to Dr Tarifuzzaman, vice-president of Magura BMA, trader Shantash Kumar Datta sustained a cardiac arrest and was brought to the hospital emergency around 11pm Monday night. The trader was declared dead by the duty doctor but in the meantime cardiac consultant of the hospital Rokunuzzaman was informed and asked to come.
The cardiac consultant went to the hospital as soon as possible but the youths who brought the trader attacked Rokunuzzaman, accusing him of coming late, Tarifuzzaman added.
However, the wife of the dead, Lipika Datta alleged that the doctor came around 2am and her husband had died because of negligence of the doctor. When contacted, Rokunuzzman denied the allegation and said he had gone to the hospital just after he was informed over the phone.