Newborn dies of ‘wrong treatment’

A newborn baby died allegedly due to ‘wrong treatment’ at Ifa Diagnostic Centre and Clinic in Narsingdi town on Monday evening.

After the incident, police detained Didarul Kabir Pathan, one of the directors of the clinic, and Liton Mia, a clinic employee.

Ashraful Alam Ripon, father of the newborn boy, said his wife was taken to the clinic on Monday afternoon after she felt labour pain.

“Later, Ashim Kumar Bhowmik, a physician of Narsingdi Maternity Centre, came and conducted caesarean delivery of the baby at the clinic. But required treatment was not given after cutting the umbilical cord of the newborn,” he alleged.

“I informed the clinic authority of the matter and they hurriedly took back the baby to the operating theatre [OT] for treatment of the navel. Getting no response from there for a long time, I entered the room and found the mother and the baby lying on the table while the doctor had fled through the back door,” he said.

Immediately, the father took the baby to Narsingdi General Hospital where the on-duty doctor declared the baby dead.

“On receiving the complaint, police rushed to the spot and arrested clinic director Didarul Kabir Pathan and employee Liton Mia. Others of the clinic fled away.