Schoolgirl's death sparks protest
Locals besiege clinic
Locals besieged the clinic in Bagerhat Sadar yesterday where a schoolgirl died allegedly due to wrong treatment.Photo: STAR
Death of a schoolgirl allegedly for wrong treatment at a private clinic in Sadar upazila yesterday sparked protest by her relatives and locals. The victim was identified as Nasrin Akhter, 13, daughter of van-puller Sirajul Islam and also a Class VII student of Jahanabad Girls School in Khardhar area of the district town. Sirajul Islam said they admitted Nasrin to Mukti Clinic at Daspara intersection around 9:00pm on Sunday night following an abdominal pain. Nasrin started vomiting excessively in the early morning after doctors performed an operation to remove her inflamed appendix around 12:00 midnight, said the victim's father. But the doctors ignored the matter despite repeatedly bringing it to the notice of them, he alleged. Later, she was taken to the operation theatre again where she died around 6:30am yesterday. As the death news spread, angry relatives and locals besieged the clinic and demanded exemplary punishment of the doctors involved in the treatment. Later, police rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control. Contacted, Dr. Sk. Quaiyum, proprietor of the clinic who operated upon Nasrin, told this correspondent that the relatives offered food to the patient immediately after the operation ignoring his advice. Nasrin died as foodstuff jammed her respiratory passage. Moazzem Hossain, officer-in-charge of Sadar Model Police station said they sent the body of Nasrin to Bagerhat Sadar Hospital for autopsy. None was arrested till filing of this report yesterday afternoon.
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