Delivery patient dies after operation at pvt clinic

Police arrested a doctor and a health assistant from Shapla Clinic in Bhandaria upazila in the district as people got agitated after death of a mother following alleged negligence in her delivery operation there on Wednesday.

The deceased is Nasrin Begum, 25, wife of Selim Howlader of Ujirpur upazila of Barisal, and daughter of Shahjahan Howlader, president of handling labour union at Bhandaria upazila.

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The arrestees are Dr Nazrul Islam, and Abdul Aziz, health assistant of Gouripur union health complex, also brother of Shapla Clinic owner Swapan.

On Tuesday evening, Nasrin's family members admitted her to Shapla Clinic and her operation for delivery was scheduled at 8:00am on Wednesday, said sources of the deceased's family.

But Dr Nazrul began the operation at 2:00pm that day and although Nazrul is not an anaesthesiologist, he took the risk of anaesthetising the patient.

The woman gave birth to a son and he is well now.

But the mother's condition deteriorated and she began bleeding from the mouth around 6:00pm. Seeing this, the doctor, nurses and the clinic manager went into hiding.

Nasrin's relatives took her to Bhandaria Upazila Health Complex where the doctor on duty declared her dead.

Dr Nazrul Islam, arrested on charge of the negligence. PHOTO: STAR

As the news spread, locals became angry and began to vandalise the clinic.

Informed, police rushed to the spot and caught Dr Nazrul and Aziz who had been hiding inside the clinic, said Md Kamruzzaman Talukder, officer in charge of Bhandaria Police Station.

Then the upazila administration sealed up the clinic.

A few years ago, Nazrul was arrested for attempting to rape a patient at a clinic in Pirojpur town and lost his job there, said police and locals.

He was also turned out from another clinic in Pirojpur town as he tried to violate female patients during ultrasonography or operation and tried to blackmail them by capturing the videos in his cell phone.

A video spread in Pirojpur town a few months ago shows Nazrul trying to violate women in the name of ultrasonography.