Doctor sued as patient dies of 'negligence' in Satkhira

A case was filed with Satkhira Sadar Police Station last night for death of a pregnant woman allegedly due to wrong treatment and negligence of the physician at Khulna Diagnostic Centre at Palashpole in the town.
The victim's father Fazlur Rahman of village Jyotindranagar in Shyamnagar upazila filed the case with Sadar police station accusing Dr Syed Kamruzzaman of Khulna Diagnostic Centre for the death of his daughter Tania, police said, adding that the accused physician had gone into hiding soon after the incident on Monday night.
Fazlur Rahman along Tania, 18, wife of Safiqul Islam of the same village, came to Satkhira by bus from Shyamnagar for treatment of his daughter who was pregnant for eight months, police quoted the victim's father as saying.
They wanted to go to Sadar hospital but a broker took them to Dr Syed Kamruzzaman at Khulna Diagnostic Centre, telling them of better treatment, the FIR (first information report) said.
After ultra sonogram, the physician said that the patient was carrying a dead baby which was to be removed by operation soon, he said.
The patient fell unconscious as soon as the doctor pushed injection and some time later she died due to wrong treatment, sources alleged.
Alleging his daughter's death died due to wrong treatment, the victim's father Fazlur Rahman demanded punishment to the doctor.
Contacted over cell phone, Dr Kamruzzaman denied the allegation and said the patient was taken to the diagnostic centre after attempt to abort her in another clinic. As her condition deteriorated there, he advised them to shift her to Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) and she died on the way to KMCH.