The doctors of Birdem Hospital have been continuing their strike on Wednesday.
As part of the strike, they staged a sit-in programme at the Shahbagh intersection in the capital halting traffic movement to realise their demand.
A huge traffic jam has been created on the busy road, pushing the commuters into serious suffering.
Doctors at Birdem Hospital went on strike on Tuesday morning protesting an alleged attack on their colleagues by the family of a patient who had died on Sunday night.
The doctors said they would not attend patients until the attackers were brought to book. However, the hospital’s emergency wing, Coronary Care Unit (CCU) and Intensive Care Unit (ICU) continued its operations.
They staged a human chain at the Shahbagh intersection for an hour, starting from 10:45am, which created traffic congestion. Many patients also suffered due to the strike.
However, the accused family claimed they had not assaulted the doctors. They said they had only protested the patient’s death, which had happened due to negligence and wrong treatment.
According to the doctors, relatives of the patient Sirajul Islam, assaulted a female doctor and vandalised the hospital’s 14th floor of the hospital after he died on Sunday night. They also claimed Additional Police Superintendent Masud was among the attackers.
Two interns, Dr Anwar Hossain and Dr Kalyan Debnath, were injured when they tried to stop the attack, the protesters claimed.
According to a press release issued by the doctors, the attackers also dragged out Dr Shamima who was hiding in a washroom during the attack.