The Private Medical Institute Association on Wednesday threatened the authorities concerned with work abstention if the attackers of two physicians were not arrested within 24 hours.
At a press conference held at Chattogram Press Club on Wednesday, leaders of the association made the statement.
Addressing the event, M Sharif, president of the association, said that physicians often came under attack and were being harassed by patients and their families during their duties.
The number of attacks is increasing gradually as justice is not meted out, he added.
He also said that attackers got rid of their attacks due to a culture of immunity and the whole work environment for physicians was at risk.
Demanding a proper law for physicians and their safety, the president also said that if the physicians remained scared of their workplaces and attack then they would not be able to perform their duties properly and the health sector would collapse.聽聽聽聽聽聽
The leaders also demanded exemplary punishment for those accused of attacking two physicians separately. Physicians are insecure at their hospitals and if the insecurity continues to exist, medical treatment will be hindered in the country, they added.
The press conference was also attended, among others, by Liakat Ali, general secretary of the Private Hospital Owner Association, Abul Kashem Masud, Ariful Amin, Rezaul Karim, Monirul Islam and Moniruzaman.
On the night of April 11, an officer on duty of the emergency ward of Patiya General Hospital named Raktim Das, 29 came under attack.
On April 14, Riaz Uddin Shiplo, 30, a physician of Chattogram Medical Centre Hospital was attacked by a victim鈥檚 relatives who died after a day of admission.
