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Bar on journos at DMCH over expose

Staff Correspondent
Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) yesterday imposed a restriction on movement of print and electronic media persons inside its premises following publication of reports on some doctors' alleged illegal money-taking for injury certificates.
The restriction came in a notice that makes it mandatory for reporters to seek permission from the DMCH director for entry to the hospital during office hours for news coverage.
Reporters will have to show the DMCH authorities their identity card and permission from the organisation they work for to get approval for entry, according to the notice posted on the DMCH emergency gate at 3:00pm yesterday.
Signed by DMCH Director Nazmul Huda, the notice also says the reporters have to seek permis
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sion from the emergency medical officer (EMO) to enter the hospital after 5:00pm.
The notice warned reporters that the DMCH authorities would not be responsible for any situation if any reporter enters the hospital without permission.
The notice was posted half an hour after the director left his office and The Daily Star failed to contact him for comments despite repeated attempts by phone.
Reacting against the move, reporters yesterday issued a 72-hour ultimatum from a demonstration for removal of the DMCH director and the four doctors accused of illegally taking money for injury certificate on Monday.
The four EMOs Dr Firoz, Dr Sarwar, Dr Moshiur and Dr Nasir allegedly demanded Tk 600 from an assaulted housewife, Sheuli, for an injury certificate. The poor housewife gave them all she had at the time -- Tk 270.
The Crime Reporters Association of Bangladesh and photojournalists of national dailies staged the demonstration in front of the DMCH and also demanded that the DMCH director apologise for 'an illegal order'.
They also demanded punishment to the doctors for illegal money-taking, and the Dhaka Reporters Unity expressed solidarity with the demonstrators.
After some national dailies reported on the money-taking on Tuesday, the doctors met the DMCH director yesterday morning.
"Taking money for issuing any certificate is illegal," the DMCH director told reporters yesterday. He said the doctors denied the allega-
tion of taking money from the woman.
Sources alleged that the DMCH EMOs have long been involved in issuing certificates for Tk 300-500 each in case of minor injuries, Tk 3,000-5,000 for showing minor injuries as major and Tk 800-1,000 for a false certificate.
The EMOs have middlemen to bring certificate-seeking people who need to file cases with police stations.
After publication of Tuesday's report, the EMOs decided at a meeting the same day that they would not accept less than Tk 500 for an injury certificate, the sources said.
An EMO yesterday demanded Tk 500 from 25-year-old Hanif, a garage worker of Lalbagh, who was beaten on August 16, for an injury certificate and he paid him Tk 300 as he needed it to file a case against his employer.