However, within just a few weeks this intern doctor got infected with the coronavirus. Intern doctors across the country are not directly assisting in any dedicated hospital for Covid-19 patients but 22 of them have still caught the virus. Dr Imam Siddique Sahitya, an intern doctor at Bashundhara Ad-din Medical College and Hospital, told Dhaka Tribune that 22 intern doctors have contracted the virus even though they are not directly treating any Covid-19 patients. Bangladesh Intern Doctors’ Association (BIDA) also corroborated the numbers as of April 23. The intern doctors are already exposed and things are getting harder for them because of uncooperative patients.

Source: Dhaka Tribune April 26, 2020 07:52 UTC