Patients' sufferings knew no end, with RMCH interns, who beat up over 10 journalists on Sunday night, staying away from work all day long April 21.
Amid a shortage of doctors at the Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH), many patients remained unattended while others were compelled to leave the compound. A patient even died at the hospital in the afternoon as, the victim's family says, there was none to provide him oxygen. An LGED employee, Shahidul Islam, 45, of the city's Chandipur area was taken to the hospital around 3:30 pm with severe respiratory problems, said his son Nahidul Islam.
“We repeatedly requested the on-duty doctor [at the emergency] to give him oxygen and the doctor sent my father to the cardiology ward,” he alleged. |
