Interns at Sylhet Osmani Medical College and Hospital went on work abstention on Saturday morning protesting the attack on a female intern allegedly by the relatives of a patient early Saturday.
Hospital sources said an altercation ensued between some interns and relatives of a patient over treatment at No 6 ward of the hospital around 1 am..
At one stage, a relative of a patient assaulted a female intern.
The hospital authorities handed three people including a woman to police over the attack.
Medical services have been hampered due to the strike, forcing the relatives of some patients to go to another hospital for treatment.
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Additional police have been deployed on the hospital premises to avert further trouble, said Mainul Zakir, Officer-in-Charge of Kotwali Police Station.
No complaint was lodged in this connection, said the OC.