HC rules over paying Tk 500m in compensation for 'negligence'

The High Court (HC) has issued a rule asking why Tk 500 million should not be paid in compensation after a mother and her newborn child died due to 'negligence' at a hospital in Noakhali, reports bdnews24.com.

The bench of Justice Fahmida Quader and Justice Mubina Asaf issued the rule following the primary hearing of a writ petition on Thursday.

Lawyer Md Solaiman Tushar represented the petitioner in the court, accompanied by Bayozid Hossain and Nayeem Sardar.

Advocate Md Solaiman Tushar said, "We asked for Tk 500 million in compensation. The court issued a rule after a hearing and asked for responses in four weeks."

On Feb 5, Tushar filed the petition on behalf of journalist MA Awal, former general secretary of the Senbagh Press Club in Noakhali.

The writ named the health secretary, DGHS director general, Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council registrar, Bangladesh Nursing Midwifery Council registrar, Noakhali civil surgeon, Noakhali South Bangla Hospital Director Mohiuddin, Sonaimuri Health Complex Junior Consultant (Anaesthesia) Dr Md Akter Hossain Avi, his wife Dr Fouzia Farid, a junior lecturer at the Noakhali Medical Assistant Training School (MATS), South Bangla Hospital's Medical Assistant Jahid Hossain and OT In-Charge Sojib Uddin Hridoy as defendants.