15 BSMMU staff suspended over July killing
Fifteen staff members of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), including doctors and senior nurses, have been temporarily suspended for alleged involvement in the killing that occurred near the university's cabin block during the July mass uprising.
Proctor Sheikh Farhad confirmed this today saying that an office order signed by registrar Professor Md Nazrul Islam was issued on Sunday, reports UNB.
Among those suspended are Dr Abu Torab Ali Mim from Cardiology, Dr Riaz Siddiqui Pran from Dermatology and Venereology, and Nitish Roy, a painter at the Hospital Directorate Office.
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Others include Md Saiful Islam, Kazi Mehedi Hasan, Assistant Dresser Shahidul Islam (Saidul), sweeper Sandeep, respiratory medicine assistant Ujjal Molla, driver Sujan Bishw Sharma, OPD-1 MLSS Fakrul Islam Jony, lab customer care attendant Rubel Rana, senior nurse Shabnam Nurani, and ward MLSS staff Shahadat, Munna Ahmed, and Anowar Hossain.
The office order stated that based on the decision of BSMMU's 94th syndicate meeting, the university suspended doctors, senior staff nurses, and employees involved in the killing near the cabin block during the mass uprising.
It further mentioned that during the suspension period, they would be entitled to salary and allowances as per section 14 of the university's discipline ordinance but would be subject to employment regulations.
