Police arrested two physicians of a private hospital in a case over the death of a newborn baby and critical condition of its mother due to an alleged wrong treatment in the capital’s Dhanmondi area.
The arrestees--Dr Shahjadi and Dr Munna are physicians of private ‘Central Hospital’ located on Green Road in Dhanmondi area.
Md Parvez Islam, officer-in-charge of Dhanmondi police station, said one Yeakub Ali Sumon, husband of the woman, filed a case on Wednesday against six identified individuals and several other unidentified persons bringing allegations of a wrong treatment by the physicians that allegedly led to death of the newborn baby.
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The duo was arrested from the hospital last night after they had been implicated in the case, he said.
According to the case statement, Sumon’s pregnant wife Mahbuba Rahman Akhi had been under supervision of gynecologist Dr Sangjukta Saha of the hospital for the last three months and her condition was stated to be normal.
Earlier, the gynecologist assured the victim’s family that Akhi would give birth through a normal delivery.
Akhi was hospitalised with labour pain at the hospital under supervision of the gynecologist around 12:50am on June 10.
Though Dr Sangjukta was not present at the time of hospitalisation, her assistant said that she was working at the Operation Theater.
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