A government-appointed committee investigating the deaths of six newborns at Ad-din Medical College Hospital in Dhaka submitted its report to the health ministry on Wednesday.
The report was handed over to Health Services Division Secretary Md Saidur Rahman during office hours, according to Md Mohsin, head of the committee and a joint secretary of the ministry.
"We submitted the report within office hours. The health minister has also reviewed it," Mohsin told reporters.
He declined to disclose any details of the findings, saying the health ministry would brief the media on the report on Thursday.
A media briefing has been scheduled for Thursday afternoon at the ministry to share details of the inquiry findings.
The six infants, aged between one and four days, died within hours of one another on May 27 at Ad-din Medical College Hospital in Moghbazar.
According to hospital authorities, two of the babies were brought dead to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) from the post-operative recovery room following delivery, while the remaining four died while undergoing treatment in the NICU.
The exact cause of the deaths has yet to be established. However, officials of the Directorate General of Health Services and relatives of the deceased infants have pointed to management shortcomings and inadequate ventilation in the post-operative room as possible contributing factors.
The health ministry formed a three-member inquiry committee on the day of the incident, appointing Mohsin as its head and directing it to submit its findings within three days.
Subsequently, four additional members were added to the committee, and the deadline for submitting the report was extended until June 3 to allow investigators to record statements from the mothers of the deceased newborns.
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