, April 8 -- Emergency services at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) remained suspended for several hours on Wednesday following a clash between Dhaka University students and interns at the hospital.

According to witnesses, the clash erupted around 5:30pm.

DU sources said Mahadi Hasan Sani, a student of the Department of Botany, went to the hospital with illness in the afternoon when the attending doctor prescribed a medication, asking him to purchase it from outside.

Sani alleged that after visiting several nearby pharmacies and failing to find the medicine, he returned to the doctor and requested an alternative prescription.

At that point, the doctor allegedly reacted angrily and assaulted him physically, he said.

When several ...