HC seeks list of patients who died at United hospitals due to negligence in past 15 years
The High Court on Sunday asked for the list of patients who died due to negligence at the United Hospital in Gulshan and United Medical College Hospital in Badda over the last 15 years.
The HC has ordered the director general of the Directorate General of Health Services to submit the list within the next three months.
The order was issued after the health directorate submitted the probe report over the death of Ayaan to the HC bench of Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Justice Md Atabullah.
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In the case of the death of child Ayaan Ahmed, who passed away while undergoing circumcision at United Medical College Hospital in Badda, the HC instructed the state to submit the probe report as an affidavit on Monday.
Deputy Attorney General Tushar Kanti Roy told journalists, "On 15 January, the HC had verbally ordered United Medical College Hospital in Badda and United Hospital in Gulshan to report the total count of patients who have died while receiving treatment."
"The court issued a written order today [Sunday]," he added.
On 15 January, during a hearing on a writ petition, the HC issued a rule asking why the family of Ayaan should not be paid Tk5 crore as compensation.
At the same time, the court also directed those concerned to investigate the death of 5-year-old Ayaan Ahmed and submit a report to the court within seven days.
