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Docs clash at hospital

2 hurt; patients panicked

Staff Correspondent
Two doctors were injured in a fierce clash over establishing supremacy between rival factions of Swadhinata Chikitsak Parishad (SCP) at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) yesterday.
Both the groups of SCR a pro-Awami League doctors' organisation, attacked each other with hockey sticks,
iron rods, wooden sticks and sharp weapons, witnesses said.
Atleast two rooms including the registrar's one were vandalised while another doctor's room was put under lock dur-ingtheclash.
Panic gripped the patients and their attendants during the one-hour-long chase and counter chase inside the coun-try'slargesthospital.
DrMurad Hossain, an intern doctor, was hacked on his right hand while Dr Abdullah Tareq, medical officer of Directorate General of Health, was hacked on his head. They took treatment at the hospital and were out of danger, said Brig General Md Mostafizur Rahman, the DMCH director.
Dr Tareq, a former emergency medical officer of DMCH, came to the hospital to meethisformercolleagues.
Agroup of doctors backed by Assistant Professor Dr Mazharul Haque Tapan, also executivememberofthehospi-tal's SCP convening committee, engaged into a heated argument with some members ofSCP in the room of registrar’ of Medicine Department (Unit-3) around 1:30pm, said a doctor, who witnessed theincident.
At one point, they vandalised the registrar's room on the firstfloorofthehospital.
DrTapan is also the treasurer ofDMCTeachers'Association.
Following this, the rival group gathered and shut the room of Dr Tapan at the Department of Blood TiansfusionMedicine.
The two groups locked in a fresh clash around 2:30pm with sharp weapons on the ground floor of the emergency block, when the two doctors were hacked by the supporters of Dr Tapan, said witnesses.
A police constable at the DMCH camp also received minorinjuryduringtheclash.
Sources said the clash ensued as a group of SCP mem-bers placed complaints to another SCP leader against Dr Tapan for his alleged involvement in the transfer and postingprocess ofthe doctors.
Contacted, Dr Tapan, however, denied all allegations
against him and his involvement in the clash.Two groups of junior doctors locked into the clash overposting,heclaimed.
The two groups, however, flanked by the SCP leaders resolved the issue through discussion with the hospital authorityintheevening.
Sirajul Islam, officer-in-charge of Shahbagh Police Station, told The Daily Star that law enforcers arrived at the sceneafterhearingoftheclash.
"But the police did not take any steps since the hospital and the college authorities settled the issue through discussions,” he added.
DMCH Director Brig Gen Mostafizur told The Daily Star that the hospital authority would form a high-power probe committee to investigate into the matter. “We will take action against those responsible as per the recommendation of the committee,” he added.
The SCP has also decided to take action against those responsible, he added.