Dhaka, Oct. 28 -- Patients and families at Dhaka Medical College Hospital are facing severe difficulties as private ambulance operators continued their strike for a second day, demanding designated parking space.

With ambulances unavailable on Wednesday, some families resorted to vans, pickup trucks and autorickshaws to transport deceased relatives, while critically ill patients were left waiting for transfers to other hospitals.

Mohammad Hridoy, whose mother died at 7am, said he could not find a vehicle to take her body home even after noon.

Rezaul, whose sister was seriously injured in a road accident, said doctors had advised transferring her to the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation.

"I called 999 an...