Charges against 4 doctors accepted

A Dhaka court yesterday accepted charges against four doctors in a case filed for wrong treatment of disease resulting in the death of a college student at a hospital in the capital's Uttara in 2015.

The accused are Prof Dr Firoz Ahmed; Dr Abul Hossain; Dr Faizul Islam Chowdhury, and MA Karim of Uttara Adhunik Hospital.

Metropolitan Magistrate Sadbir Yasir Ahsan Chowdhury accepted the charge sheet submitted last month and sent the case to Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court of Dhaka.

Sharmin Sarker, a student of Gazipur Government Women's College, died while undergoing treatment at the hospital on June 13, 2015.

Following the incident, her mother filed a case with Uttara (west) Police Station against the four.

But agencies including Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) submitted final reports stating the charges against the four were not proved.

Later, another Dhaka court ordered CID to reinvestigate the incident after Sharmin's mother filed a no-confidence (naraji) petition.