Intern doctors of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) Thursday withdrew their indefinite strike against Rajshahi University (RU) students' "attack on them" over the death of a fellow student.
The doctors called off the strike after a meeting with RMCH Director Brigadier General Shamim Yazdani.
During the meeting, Brigadier General Shamim said: "Our acting administrative officer Anwar Hossain filed a complaint against 300 unnamed students of RU at Rajpara Police Station for the attack on the interns and vandalism after the death of a fourth-year student of the university Wednesday night."
Additional Deputy Commissioner Rafiqul Islam, spokesperson for Rajshahi Metropolitan Police, said they received a written complaint from the RMCH authority. "It has not been registered as a case yet. We are reviewing it, and a decision will be made soon."
"Some of the interns have already resumed their duties at the emergency department, and others will join work by 6am Friday," Shamim Yazdani said after the meeting.
However, Dr Imran Hossain, president of RMCH Intern Doctors' Council, said if the attackers are not arrested within 24 hours they will launch a strong protest.
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KGM Shahriar, a fourth-year student of the marketing department of RU, was critically injured after falling off the roof of Shaheed Habibur Rahman Hall last night. Shahriar's friends took him to RMCH where he was declared dead.
Shahriar's classmates said he was not given treatment for quite some time after being brought to the hospital. Alleging negligence in his treatment, they started vandalising RMCH in protest. At that time, some intern doctors and hospital staff "beat them up."
Later, the intern doctors went on an indefinite strike, protesting the attack and vandalism carried out by the RU students and the hospital patients were left to suffer.
Meanwhile, Shahriar's body was handed over to his family on Thursday night without an autopsy.
A case of unnatural death was filed at the city's Motihar Police Station over Shahriar's death, following a complaint from a RU teacher, Rafiqul said.