Negligence
Ibn Sina doc, 2 nurses freed on bail
Six employees, including a doctor and two nurses, of Ibn Sina Hospital in the capital were released from jail yesterday, hours after they obtained bail in a case related to the death of a newborn because of their alleged negligence.
The employees are physician Anwarul Abedin, nurses Amena and Aysha, general manager Aminul Islam, and administrative officers Kamrul Hasan and Akhter Hossain.
They came out of Dhaka Central Jail around 5:30pm after completing all the formalities.
Earlier in the day, Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Ismail Hossain granted them bail on a bond of Tk 2,000 with two guarantors for each after their lawyers submitted the bail petitions.
Police arrested the employees on August 25 hours after Idris Sikder, father of the deceased baby, filed a case with Dhanmondi Police Station accusing two doctors and two nurses of the hospital. The newborn died on August 9.
On August 26, the physician and two nurses were placed on a two-day remand in connection with the case while three other staff members were interrogated at the jail gate.
Another accused in the case, doctor Shahida, is on the run.
Following a report aired by private television channel Boishakhi on August 15 on deaths of three newborns in that hospital, the court on August 17 issued a suo moto rule upon the hospital officials and doctors to explain why they should not be punished for the offence.
On August 25, the High Court after a hearing directed police to take action under Criminal Procedure Code against the officials, doctors and nurses of the hospital, who were responsible for the loss of life.
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