A Dhaka court yesterday ordered a judicial inquiry into the attack on Birdem doctors and the death of a patient for alleged negligence on the part of doctors.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Mizanur Rahman passed the order after hearing arguments in two cases – one filed by the Birdem authorities and the other by the deceased patient’s daughter – in this connection.
The court asked to submit the enquiry report by May 28.
Earlier in the day, the Birdem authorities registered a law suit against four people, including Additional Police Super (DB) of Dhaka ABM Masud Hossain, in connection with the assault on physicians following the death of a patient on April 13.
The three other accused were Ishaq Hossain Babu, assistant personal secretary of former state minister for labour Munnujan Sufian; Farhana Nasrin, the deceased’s daughter; and Abir Hossain, a BBA student at East West University.
Manik Mollah, senior security supervisor of Birdem, filed the case with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Dhaka against the four and some 20-25 unnamed people.
Sirajul Islam, 57, a resident of Old Dhaka, died at the hospital on April 13. He had long been suffering from diabetes.
Aggrieved at the death, some relatives of Sirajul allegedly physically assaulted some on-duty doctors and vandalised furniture and windowpanes on the 14th floor of the hospital, claiming that doctors attending the 57-year-old had neglected duty.
In protest of the incident, Birdem doctors went on an indefinite strike and claimed that ABM Masud Hossain instigated the patient’s relatives for assaulting their colleagues.
The doctors called off the strike on Wednesday evening following suspension of Masud for his alleged involvement in the incident.
Meanwhile, relatives of Sirajul have filed a case against five Birdem doctors for their alleged negligence of duty while treating him.
Sirajul’s daughter Farhana Nasrin lodged the case with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court, hours after the Birdem authorities had filed the case against the four.
The five accused doctors were Dr Anowar Hossain, Dr Kalyan Debnath, Dr Shamima Akther, Dr Firoz Amin and Dr Azad.
