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Operations halted as doc assaulted

Hasan Jahid Tusher
No surgery took place under the urology department of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) yesterday following an assault on a senior surgeon, leading to a chaotic situation there.
Everything began around 10:00am when two doctors in an operating theatre got into an argument over how anaesthesia should
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be applied to an elderly patient, witnesses said. Later, medical officers of the anaesthetic department beat up ATM Aman Ullah, an associate professor of the urology department.
The incident left visitors and patients shocked and helpless, especially for those who were on the operation table at that time.
Thirteen operations were scheduled for yesterday but only two were done before the unpleasant incident, BSMMU officials said.
"It's true that many patients had to go back without having surgeries following the incident," said Prof AKM Anwarul Islam, chairman of the urology department. He, however, declined to speak further.
The physicians of the anaesthetic department also did not perform pre-OT check-ups of the patients under the urology department, for which 10 operations
on today's list will have to be postponed, sources at the university have said. These pending operations will ultimately affect the surgery schedules of urology patients in the next few days. Hence, a long queue may appear.
Aman Ullah told The Daily Star, "I was astonished by the acts and behaviour of those doctors |who attacked him]. I can't imagine that doctors can attack a surgeon inside an OT."
Prior to an operation, he had advised Shafiqul Islam, an assistant professor of the anaesthetic department, to give anaesthesia to the patient. But Shafique refused to do so, fearing that the condition of the patient might worsen, witnesses said.
At one stage, they engaged in an altercation.
Half an hour into the row, 15 to 20 medical officers of the anaesthetic department stormed into the OT room and beat up Aman Ullah in the presence of Prof Debabrata Banik, who was in charge of
the department yesterday.
They even got hold of surgical instruments, including sharp knives, and attacked Aman Ullah, according to patients who had watched the whole thing happening.
"I haven't heard of such an incident in my entire professional life," said Aman Ullah in a reaction.
Mohammad Ruhul Amin, 72, had to leave the OT room without having the surgery for which he was admitted to the hospital more than 20 days ago, his sonRabiulAwalsaid.
"I have seen many patients leaving the OT--some of them were frightened while a few others were screaming," he said, adding this was the second time the operation had been deferred.
The operation of Ruhul Amin was very important, said Aman Ullah.
He was scheduled to conduct five operations yesterday, but could not do any. Prof SAM Gholam
Kibria and Prof Md Sajid Hassan were supposed to operate on four patients, but they could each conduct only one operation.
Contacted, Prof Banik of the anaesthetic department told The Daily Star that Aman Ullah had been rude to his colleague Shafique.
He rejected the charge of an assault on Aman Ullah.
Referring to the aggressive doctors, who have been appointed recently, Aman Ullah questioned the recruitment process.
Hours after the incident, BSMMU Vice-chancellor Prof Pran Gopal Datta formed a four-member committee headed by Prof Kanak Kanti Barua, dean of the Faculty of Surgery, to investigate the incident. The committee has been asked to submit a report in 72 hours.
"Action will be taken against the people responsi-ble after the probe," BSMMU Proctor ASM Zakaria told The Daily Star.