Doctors' negligence

Recently, this newspaper published an editorial on the gross negligence of a doctor following a story published the day before. While conducting a caesarean operation on a patientin Comilla,the doctor in question delivered the patient's baby girl, leaving its twin inside the womb, believing that the other child was a tumour. By the time the problem was detected, the other child died. This is totally unacceptable and an indictment of the quality of our healthcare service. 

Quality and affordable healthcare is a dream for many, more so for Bangladeshi people. Doctors should not fleece patients by prescribing unnecessary treatments, including surgeries. Also, when they are not sure what to do, they should allow their expert peers to conduct operations on their behalf. I think the performance of our health professionals should be brought under greater scrutiny.

Deendayal MLulla, By e-mail