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Mahbuba Rahman Akhi, who was in critical condition following wrong treatment at the Central Hospital, died while undergoing treatment at the capital's LabAid Hospital on Sunday (18 June).
She breathed her last around 1:45pm at Labaid Hospital where she has been on life support since June 9. "Doctors said that she has died," Akhi's husband Yakub Ali Sumon said on Sunday (18 June) at noon.
Akhi, a caesarean patient, accused Dhaka's Central Hospital authorities of deception, resulting in the death of her child. Akhi herself has been on life support since the incident.
At about 12:50am on Friday (June 9), Sumon admitted his wife to Central Hospital under Prof. Dr. Sangjukta Saha of the Gynecology Department. But, instead of Dr. Sangjukta Saha, one Dr Mili was present. Without any check-up, Dr Mili started Caesarean operation of the patient.
According to the statement of Sumon, Dr Mili and other doctors cut the urinary tract and rectum of the patient while cutting her abdomen for delivery. Instantly, the patient started bleeding profusely and became unconscious. The newborn was brought out of the mother's body through the Caesarean section. As a result, the heartbeat of the newborn had dropped and it was taken to the intensive care unit (ICU) instantly.
In such a situation, Sumon said he repeated looked for Prof Dr Sangjukta Saha, but the hospital authorities told him that she was outside the country. After some time, the hospital authorities pronounced the newborn dead.
As there was no CCU and NICU facilities available at the Central Hospital, Sumon's wife was taken to life support at CCU of LabAid Hospital. Afterward, the Central Hospital authorities told Sumon that his newborn died. In such a situation, Sumon filed a general diary calling on 999.
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