... for not following doctor's undue advice
Staff Correspondent
An elderly patient was about to be discharged by a doctor at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) for not going for medical test at the doctor's prescribed diagnostic centre.Mabia Begum, 50, of Rayerbagh, Shyampur, was admitted to ward no. 21 (female, medicine) with fever and chest pain on Thursday evening. Dr Shahidur Rahman, assistant registrar of ward no 2 (male, medicine) and half of ward no 21, referred the patient to Renal Lab at Dhanmondi for four diagnostic tests the same day. But, the relatives of the patient, due to financial problem, completed three tests at the DMCH free of cost. Dr Shahidur got angry having seen the test reports of the DMCH instead of the Renal Lab's yesterday morning. He verbally gave the discharge orders of the patient. The doctor also misbehaved with the patient's relatives when they refused to comply with the orders. When this correspondent asked for the reason for discharging the patient, Dr Shahidur declined to comment. Mabia was not released from the hospital finally, as other patients and their relatives at the ward strongly protested at the orders of the doctor. Sources said Dr Shahidul allegedly used to force the patients under ward no 2 (male, medicine), and ward no 21 (female, medicine) to get the test done from three fixed labs in the city.
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