The intern doctors of Mymensingh Medical College Hospital went on strike for indefinite period on Monday night, protesting misbehavior of patient’s attendant with two female interne doctors.
Dr Mithun Sutradhar, president of Interns Doctors Association, said an attendant named AKM Emdadul Haque, 75, who admitted a patient to Coronary Care Unit with cardiac problems on Saturday.
He heavily came down on the two on-duty intern doctors while they were discharging duties, expressing dissatisfaction over treatment of the patient around 9pm on Monday.
Soon after the incident, a total of 180 intern doctors at the hospital started the strike. The agitated doctors also ransacked the room of the hospital’s director, demanding stern action against the attendant.
Initially, the intern doctors decided that they would stop providing all kind of services to the patients, including emergency services.
But later, they agreed to continue emergency services after holding a meeting with the hospital authorities and Bangladesh Medical Association Mymensingh (BMA) unit yesterday.
Dr Mithun said they had demanded immediate arrest of the person who misconducted with the doctors. Otherwise, they will continue their strike to press their demand, he added.
Dr Motiur Rahman Bhuiyan, secretary of BMA local unit, said they were trying to solve the problem through discussions with the interns. Brigadier General Md Fasiur Rahman, director of the hospital, said the strike could not hamper treatment at the hospital.
