The interim government's Health Adviser Nurjahan Begum on Sunday assured the arrest of those who attacked doctors at DMCH within 24 hours.
The adviser gave the assurance during a briefing at the administrative building at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Sunday afternoon.
Following her assurance, doctors called off their shutdown till 8 pm Monday.
Earlier, doctors, interns, and medical students announced a shutdown for an indefinite period in all public and private hospitals, including upazila and district level hospitals across the country, protesting attack on physicians and vandalism carried out by relatives of a patient at the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH).
Meanwhile, two separate probe bodies have been formed to look into the attack on doctors and vandalism, and the allegation of negligence in treatment.
