Speaking to reporters on her way back home, Shilpi Begum of Sardarpara area of the city said: “I don't know when the doctor will return at Jamalpur General Hospital. Although nominal medical services are provided in the emergency department, there are no patients in the inpatient department. Speaking on the issue, Mahfuzur Rahman Sohan, assistant director of Jamalpur General Hospital, said emergency and inpatient department services are available to patients. He said the strike would continue until the police submitted an investigation report over the untoward incident at the Jamalpur General Hospital on December 25. Doctors of Jamalpur are currently in agitation demanding the withdrawal of the Jamalpur Sadar Police OC and punishment of those who broke into the Jamalpur General Hospital on December 25 and assaulted doctors over the death of a female patient at the hospital.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 29, 2020 13:18 UTC