28 die in Dinajpur hospital during holidays
At least 28 patients, including 11 children, died at Dinajpur Medical College and Hospital (DJMCH) during the weeklong vacation.
The vacation, which included National Mourning Day and Eid holiday, started on August 15 and ended Tuesday night.
According to hospital sources, on average at least four persons died every day in the hospital's different wards during the vacation.
Before the Eid vacation roughly three persons died daily, indicating that the number had gone up during the vacation.
Relatives and family members of patients alleged that the number of deaths had increased due to shortage of doctors and nurses as many of them had gone home to celebrate Eid with their families.
Intern doctors under three specialist doctors and 13 nurses attended to patients of 14 different departments round the clock, hospital sources said.
"There are 36 nurses for the 14 departments but 23 of them were on holiday," said a DJMCH official.
Admitting staff shortage, Md Abu Bakar Shiddique, director of DJMCH, said he formed a special medical team comprising specialists and interns to treat patients during the vacation.
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