Elderly patient succumbs to injuries

28 May 2010, 18:00 PM

Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi

Abdul Haque, the elderly patient who was the centre of the feud between an attendant and intern doctors leading to the latter's strike at Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH), succumbed to his injuries on Thursday. RMCH ward master Mosarraf Hossain confirmed Haque's death in the evening. The 65-year old patient was admitted to the nuro-surgery ward at RMCH on May 23 after he received critical injuries in his head and left hand in a road accident at Shibganj in Chapainwabganj. Haque's grandson Raihan Rubel Feroz quarrelled with on-duty interns seeking proper treatment on May 23. The interns beat him up and enforced an indefinite strike demanding security the next day. Both Rubel and the interns lodged separate cases against each other over the matter. When contacted after the death, Haque's son Abdur Rashid declined to make any comment.