Firoz Hossain of College Para in Faridpur has been waiting with the body of his brother at the Faridpur Medical College morgue door for last two days. No doctor is available to perform the autopsy. Photo: Star

The autopsy of a body could not be performed even after two days at Faridpur Medical College Hospital as no doctor was available for the job.

The relatives of the deceased hailing from College Para of Bhanga upazila of the district passed last two days with the body at the morgue.

Feroz Hossain, brother of deceased, is still waiting at the morgue. Hossain told this correspondent yesterday that his brother Karim Hossain, 45, committed suicide, on Sunday noon, taking poison following a family feud.

Police brought the body to the morgue on the same day but no doctors came to morgue for autopsy, he added.

Contacted, Dr Dipti Pramanik, the hospital's superintendent-in-charge, said the morgue activities are run by the college's forensic department. He declined to make any more comments.

Dr Rafiqul Akhtar, principal of the medical college, said there was no doctor available in the forensic department then. Five out of six posts in the department have been vacant for last couple of years. The only doctor Rezaul Haque in the department is on leave.

“We have reminded the higher authorities several times about the acute shortage of doctors in the department but to no avail,” said Dr Rafiqul.