BARISAL: Medical services at Sher-e-Bangla Medical College hospital (SBMCH) were halted on Sunday as interns of the hospital continued their protest following clashes with relatives of a patient.

The internee doctors and relatives of a patient locked into clashes in two phases over the dead of Rejaul Karim, 30, in the morning at the orthopedics department of the hospital.

Witnesses said that at first, the relatives of the patient beat up an intern and then a group of interns attacked on them.

Following the clash, the interns locked the main gate of the orthopedics department and they staged a demonstration there. On information, police rushed to the place and brought the situation under control.

Immediately after the clash, the interns obstructed new patients from entering the hospital and did not allow the relatives to meet the patients admitted at the hospital. The barriers on entering there is now main concern for the patients and their relatives. Even the journalists are not being allowed to enter into the hospital.

The high officials of police are trying to keep the situation under control.

However, the patients are facing immense sufferings due to this clash.

BDST: 1231 HRS, MAY 18, 2014