Security guard caught ‘admitting patients’ at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital

The hospital authorities have called the incident “unfortunate”

A video has gone viral on social media showing a security guard at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital admitting patients to the emergency department.

The footage, recorded around 5:15pm on Monday, shows security guard Tamim Hossain seated in a chair inside the emergency department’s medical officer’s room.

At the time of the incident, the on-duty emergency medical officer, Nishat, identified with a single name, was absent.

Mymensingh Medical College Hospital Assistant Director (Administration) Dr Md Mainuddin Khan called the incident “unfortunate”, adding: “A security guard can never do such a thing.”

The scene was recorded by Ali Hossain, former member secretary of the Students Against Discrimination's Mymensingh unit.

When he filmed the incident, several people, including security guards, tried to seize his phone and delete the footage.

“I went to the emergency department and found no doctor. A guard was in the doctor’s chair, advising patients and writing tokens,” he said.

“When I recorded it, they tried to grab my phone. They let me go after I introduced myself.”

Angered by the hospital’s mismanagement, Ali posted the video on Facebook and shared it with journalists.

Security guard Tamim said, “The emergency medical officer had gone to the next room. A friend brought a patient, and when I asked him to fill out the admission ticket, I simply wrote the name and address. I was only cooperating.”

Imtiaz Ahmed, president of “Shomaj Rupantor Sangskritik Sangha”, said: “This hospital serves people from six districts. Issues like dogs roaming inside have already gone viral on social media, tarnishing its reputation.”

Mainuddin confirmed the doctor on duty had briefly gone for ablution, during which the guard wrote a patient’s details.

He said an investigation was under way and necessary action would be taken.