Students of Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital resumed their services on Thursday, following the arrest of the main accused behind the attack.
"Following the assurance from authorities, we have suspended our movement after giving an ultimatum to meet all our demands within a week," said the General Secretary of Intern Physicians’ Council, Dr Matiur Rahman.
"Medical interns have joined work and students went back to their classes in the afternoon," he added.
“However, if all the accused are not arrested and security is not ensured within seven days, we will resume the movement again,” he added.
Earlier in the morning, the protesters held a meeting with the hospital authorities, where health department officials were present.
On Thursday, police arrested the prime accused, Divya Sarkar, an activist of the Metropolitan unit of the Chhatra League, at around 12am from the Shahporan area of the city, said Sylhet Metropolitan Police deputy commissioner (north) Azbahar Ali Sheikh.
On Wednesday, the protesting interns gave an ultimatum till Thursday morning to meet their demands, threatening to stop all the activities of the hospital, including the outdoor patient service.
The protestors made the announcement and blocked the road for one and a half hours on Wednesday, causing a severe traffic jam on both sides of Rikabibazar-Medical road.
Only vehicles that were carrying patients were allowed to move on the road.
On Monday arrested the other two accused - Saeed Hasan Rabbi and Ehsan Ahmed - in the case. So far, three people have been arrested in this case.
Earlier on Sunday, two relatives of a patient misbehaved with a female medical intern at the hospital. They were later handed over to the police.
To take revenge, relatives of the patient entered the college campus and stabbed two intern doctors–Rudra Nath and Naimur Rahman Imon– on Monday night.
Later that night, all intern doctors of the hospital suspended their services and announced to go on strike until all the attackers were arrested.
