'Botched C-section' at Central Hospital: Ministry forms probe committee
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has formed a seven-member committee to investigate the allegation of a botched C-section at Central Hospital in Dhaka that led to the deaths of a newborn baby and its mother.
"The committee has been asked to submit its report as early as possible," Health Minister Zahid Maleque told journalists following an event at Dhaka Medical College Hospital today.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Mahbuba Akter Akhi, 25, died yesterday, eight days after the death of her newborn, following an alleged botched C-section at the Central Hospital on the early hours of June 10.
Following the death of the baby, Yakub Ali Sumon, Akhi's husband filed a case with Dhanmondi Police Station on June 14, bringing allegations of botched C-section and fraud against the doctors concerned and the hospital.
Police arrested two physicians who were sent to jail by a Dhaka court the next day.
On June 16, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) shut down the operation theatre and Intensive Care Unit as the services at its ICU and emergency department were not satisfactory.
The DGHS also instructed the hospital authority to bear all treatment costs and compensate the family as per law.