Patients are suffering to a great extent as doctors and employees of Kishoreganj Sadar Hospital have been observing strike since Sunday.
Physicians and staff of the hospital have gone into the strike, protesting filling of a case against them.
As healthcare services at indoor and out of the hospital remained suspended since then, many patients were seen returning back without receiving any treatment.
Md Kamrul Islam, a resident of Kudalia village under Pakundia upazila, came to the hospital yesterday with his six-year-old son Hasan who was bitten by a dog, but he returned back without receiving any treatment.
Amena Akter yesterday came with her four-month-old son who was affected with phenomena also returned back from the hospital without treatment.
Santa, 18, a resident of Jashudal village under Sadar upazila, said: “I am feeling severe teeth ache, but at the hospital there is no doctor to treat me, so I am going back to home.”
On December 9, Hosne Ara, a lawyer of Kishoreganj court filed a case with a district court against Dr Abdullah Al Mamun Shahin, Dr Ahmed Kabir Chowdhury, In-Charge of emergency department Abdus Salam Bhuiyan and his brother Md Aminul and ward boy Nurul Amin for showing negligence in a patient’s treatment.
Later, Alaul Akbar, senior judicial magistrate of Kishoreganj court, accepted the case and ordered Officer-in-Charge of Kishoreganj Sadar Model police station Mir Mosharraf Hossain to take action in this regard.
According to the case, patient Majibur Rahman Meraj, elder brother of the plaintiff, had been taken to the hospital about 11:30am on October 31 due to severe chest pain, but physicians as well as employees of the hospital showed negligence in his
treatment.
Later, Meraj died without reeving any treatment at about 1:30pm.
The doctors, however, said they would continue their strike until the case is withdrawn.
While visiting the hospital, this correspondent found yesterday afternoon found that patients were engaged in altercation with doctors why they would not treat them.
Anisur Rahman, who came from remote haor area Itna with his seven- month-old-daughter Nourin with kidney problems said: “If any bad thing happen with my child for the strike, who will take this responsible.”
He said authorities concerned should take initiatives to ease sufferings of patients.
Dr Mohammad Ali, residential medical officer of the hospital, threatened that if their demands are not met within December 31 [today], they would launch tougher movement.
Dr Mrinal Kanti Pandit, civil Surgeon of Kishoreganj, said though the activities of indoor and outdoor of the hospital remain stopped, but emergency department is open.
He said they were trying to resolve the issue.
