The High Court has ordered an investigation into the incident on October 17 where a 26-year-old woman in labour was denied care by three hospitals and eventually had a stillborn baby in a hospital parking lot.
Issuing a suo-moto rule, the High Court bench of Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and Justice Mohammad Ullah on Thursday asked for an explanation as to why it should not declare the three hospitals' failure to provide the woman, Parvin Aktar with proper care as illegal.
The court said the baby’s death was tragic and symptomatic of how badly poor people are treated by the healtcare system in the country. They incident they said was the perfect example of negligence toward the poor.
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The court also asked them to show cause as to why punitive actions should not be taken against the responsible persons and why the victim should not be compensated.
Concerned authorities of the government, police and authorities of DMCH, Salimullah Medical College Hospital and Azimpur Shishu Matri Sadan have been asked to respond to the rule.
The directors of Sir Salimullah Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka Medical College Hospital and superintendent of Azimpur Shishu Matri Sadan will investigate into the matter and submit their reports before the court in 15 days, the High Court rule said.
The court will pass the next order on the matter on November 5.
Thursday, June 04, 2026
