Agartala: Health service in Tripura has come to a grind halt with the closure of digenetic centres, pathological clinic and private chambers of the doctors on third day on Wednesday demanding release of five medical students, of which four were sent to jail further till April 16 by a local court Tuesday.
As many as 17 medical students including intern doctors were accused of indulging criminal atrocities on patient parties, media persons and outraging the modesty of women in the hospital on April 5 following death of a 20 -yrs housewife alleged negligence in medication.
Turning down the plea of the accused to grant bail, the court extended jail remand for another seven days for Nilanjan Majumder, Debashis Das, Antony Reang and Arghya Pratim Das yesterday.
Another medical student Abhishek Pal Majumder was arrested by police from his house at northern town Dharmanagar yesterday afternoon.
The main accused intern doctor on duty of administering wrong treatment to victim Rupa Chakraborty of Teliamura and provocating the student to atrocities on April 5 Dr Daipayan Debnath was still absconding.
Officer in-charge of East Agartala Police Station P S Paul said here Wednesday police continued to haunt all the accused whose photographs appeared in media and revealed by their friends and added that police had spread the net all across.
Meanwhile, decision of suspending service at diagnostic centres, pathologies and private chambers of the doctors had triggered widespread resentment among the commoners. However, attendance of patient in outdoor of Agartala Government Medical College had reduced substantially following the incident.
On the other, Tripura Working Journalists Association (TWJA) held silent protest rally on Agartala streets Wednesday demanding exemplary punishment to the accused of mayhem in AGMC, attacking media and destroying cameras.
TWJA leader Nabendu Bhattacharjee alleged that doctors were announced war against media after beaten up nine journalists seriously besides, destroying and snatching as many as 12 cameras and damaging motor bikes in the hospital complex when they had been covering the incidents.
“Unfortunately, the state governments and police are seems to be favouring the unruly junior doctors and medical student for their brutality and trying to portray that journalists are in fault because they went to cover the incident, which is a clear indication of anti-democratic stand of the government,” Mr Bhattacharjee claimed. (UNI)
