Botched C-Section: Central Hospital sues Dr Sangjukta for defamation
The Central Hospital is suing doctor Sangjukta Saha for Tk 500 crore for her "defamatory remarks" about the hospital following the deaths of Mahbuba Akter Akhi and her newborn.
Didarul Alam, secretary of the hospital, filed the law suit with Dhaka's First Joint District Judge's Court yesterday.
After a hearing, Judge Md Masudul Haque accepted the case and asked Sangjukta to submit a written statement against the suit by July 25.
According to the lawsuit, Sangjukta, at a press conference on June 20, blamed Central Hospital for the deaths of the mother and her newborn.
She said the authorities did not take her consent, verbally or in writing, while admitting Akhi on June 10.
The authorities also lied about her presence at the hospital, she claimed.
"I was not in Bangladesh during the operation. How could I be responsible if I was not there? It is totally the responsibility of the hospital. To cover up the real incident and hide their faults, vested quarters are using all means and are always busy misleading people of the country with false information," she said.
Akhi was not her regular patient, she added.
Following her press conference, the hospital authorities on June 22 sent a legal notice to Sangjukta, asking her to withdraw her statement.
These statements were baseless and tarnished the reputation of the hospital, read the notice.
It also warned that legal action would be taken if her statement was not withdrawn within seven days.
Akhi died on June 18, eight days after the death of her newborn baby.
On June 14, her husband, Yakub Ali Sumon, filed a case with Dhanmondi Police Station, bringing allegations of a botched C-section and fraud against the doctors concerned and the hospital.
In connection with the case, police on June 15 arrested two doctors -- Shahzadi Mustarshida Sultana and Muna Saha -- who later confessed to their negligence before a magistrate.
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