Doctor blamed for stillbirth
A gynaecology doctor was accused of being negligent in her duties after the woman she carried out a caesarian section on gave birth to a stillborn baby.
Rozina Jesmine, wife of Bangladeshi expatriate in Spain Ziaul Karim Manik, was admitted to a hospital in Mohakhali of the capital on Saturday evening after going into labour.
The doctor and her team operated on her and consequently she gave birth around 10:30pm, said Ziaul's family members.
The family said the doctor had been seeing Rozina from the early stage of her pregnancy.
There was no question of the baby being stillborn as the doctor earlier had repeatedly told them that the baby was doing fine inside the mother's womb, they said.
The baby died after sustaining head injuries during the caesarian section carried out by the doctor and her team, they added.
Ziaul informed Tejgaon Industrial Area Police Station that the doctor had not carried out any ultrasonogram prior to carrying out the caesarian section.
Sub-inspector Jasimuddin Khandker of the police station said he went to the hospital with a team of police after receiving complaints from the relatives of Ziaul.
He said he and his colleagues saw a small cut on the back of the head of the baby at the hospital.
The body was sent to Dhaka Medical College morgue for autopsy. A case may be filed as per the autopsy report, said police.
The accused doctor did not receive calls on her cellphone despite repeated attempts by The Daily Star.
One relative of Ziaul, Miraj Ahmed Pathan, said the doctor had told him that the mother had given birth to a stillborn baby.
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