The High Court has expressed dissatisfaction over the delay in submitting the probe report into the death of Ayan Ahmed, a child who passed away after being anesthetized for circumcision at the United Medical College Hospital in Badda, Dhaka, in December last year.
The probe committee has failed to submit the report even after eight months.
A High Court bench comprising Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Debashish Roy Chowdhury ordered the report to be submitted by January 12, 2025.
Ayan was taken to United Medical College Hospital on Badda Madani Avenue by his father, Shamim Ahmed, for circumcision on a Tk10,000 package on December 31.
Ayan was given full anesthesia there, reportedly without parental consent.
When, several hours after the operation, he still was not conscious, the hospital moved him to its Gulshan branch.
Following seven days of keeping Ayan on life support, medical professionals in the pediatric intensive care unit declared him dead late on Sunday.
The anesthesia was administered to Ayan by Dr Sabbir Ahmed while Dr Mehzabin conducted the circumcision surgery.
