No male allowed to examine rape victims:HC

The High Court has ordered the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) to ensure that male doctors are not allowed to perform medical examination on female victims of rape.
The bench of justices Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and ABM Altaf Hossain gave this order to the DGHS Director General (DG) Prof Deen Mohammad Nurul Haque on Sunday while dissolving a ruling. On Apr 16 last year, the High Court bench had issued a ruling of its own volition after newspapers ran reports that male doctors conduct the medical examinations on the female rape victims. In June, the court ordered appointment of female doctors, nurses and staff in all government hospitals to conduct the medical tests on victims of rape. The court summoned the DG-DGHS on Apr 2 as the order was not implemented. The director general appeared before the court on Sunday in view of the order, according to bdnews24.com.