A group of assailants attacked Professor Dr Md Asadur Rahman of Dhaka Medical College Hospital’s ear, nose and throat department over treatment-related issues. The incident occurred on Tuesday outside Popular Diagnostic Centre in Shantinagar, Dhaka. Medical organisations condemned the attack and called for exemplary punishment for those involved.

Doctors Association of Bangladesh president Professor Dr Harun Al Rashid and secretary general Dr Md Zahirul Islam Shakil denounced the incident. National Doctors Forum president Professor Dr Md Nazrul Islam and general secretary Professor Dr Mahmud Hossain also issued condemnation. In separate statements, the organisations said the attack had deeply hurt the medical community.

The leaders said doctors work continuously, often at personal risk, to provide patients with the best possible care, and that assaulting or physically humiliating them is a condemnable offence. They warned that threats to doctors’ safety could disrupt quality and uninterrupted treatment for patients. They urged authorities to quickly identify the attackers, bring them under the law, ensure exemplary punishment, and establish effective security for doctors and health workers at hospitals and healthcare facilities.