Bangladesh, Oct. 28 -- Private ambulance owners, who went on strike at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) demanding a designated parking area there, have suspended their strike for seven days.

Badal Madbor, general secretary of the Bangladesh Private Ambulance Owners' Welfare Cooperatives Society, confirmed the decision on Wednesday evening.

"We have given the hospital authorities seven days to meet our demand. If they fail to implement the demand within this period, we will announce further programmes," he said.

Earlier, the ambulance owners began the strike on Tuesday morning, demanding a permanent parking facility for private ambulances within the hospital premises.

The strike caused immense suffering for patients and their...