HC asks for Ibn Sina Hospital's wealth report

The High Court yesterday directed Ibn Sina Hospital Limited to submit its wealth statement to the court by October 9 to examine whether the hospital authorities are involved in corruption.
The hospital must inform the court about the asset it had when its operation started and how much it holds at present, the HC said.
The order came following a prayer by Attorney General Mahbubey Alam during the hearing on a rule against the hospital where three newborns died due to reported negligence of doctors.
The court on August 17 issued the suo moto rule upon the hospital officials and doctors to explain why they should not be punished for their negligence in saving the infants.
On August 15, private television channel Boishakhi reported that the three newborns died due to negligence of the hospital authorities. The doctors even held the bodies of the babies for three days denying the parents' access.
The HC yesterday ordered the government to form a high-powered committee led by the vice chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University to monitor, regulate and control the activities of all private hospitals, clinics, laboratories and diagnostic centres.
The committee will check whether any patient dies due to carelessness on the part of the doctors and whether admitting or attending poor patients are delayed at the hospitals.
The government has to send a committee report to the court every month until further order and the first one by October 16.
The bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore ordered police to immediately file a criminal case against the officials and doctors concerned of Ibn Sina Hospital in connection with the babies' death.
It asked the assistant commissioner of police and officer-in-charge of Dhanmondi Police Station to appear before it tomorrow to explain what measures they have taken after the death of the infants.
The court asked the trustee board members of Ibn Sina Hospital and its two doctors Saida Sultana and Anwarul Abedin to appear before it during the hearing on the rule on October 16.
As per the August 17 order, seven members of trustee board and two doctors were present before the bench yesterday.