Full ACC commission visits Dhaka Medical emergency department as patients complain of brokers and negligence

The full Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), led by its chairman Justice A K M Asaduzzaman, has visited the emergency department and two adjoining departments of Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

Alongside the chairman on Thursday (5 November) afternoon were the commission's two commissioners, Dr Jahangir Hossain and Dr Md Sajjad Hossain Bhuiyan, and ACC secretary Md Saidur Rahman Khan.

During the visit, the ACC chairman and commissioners spoke to patients and their relatives. They also directly observed the service activities of the emergency department. At that time they asked patients and their relatives about the hospital's medical services and various problems.

Patients and their relatives raised complaints about various irregularities and suffering at the hospital. Their complaints included the menace of brokers, the absence of doctors, negligence of duty and various kinds of suffering patients face in receiving medical care.

ACC chairman Justice A K M Asaduzzaman directed that necessary action be taken on these complaints. The director of Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Brigadier General A K M Farhad Hossain, was present during the visit.

The ACC chairman is learnt to have instructed those concerned to consider the complaints with importance and take necessary measures.