Staff Reporter:
A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Monday challenging the revocation of the license of Ad-Din Hospital over the deaths of six babies due to negligence.
Supreme Court lawyer Eunus Ali Akond filed the writ with the HC bench concerned.
Advocate Mohammad Shishir Manir, a lawyer of the hospital, said the hospital authorities have no in-volvement in the filing of the writ petition.
On June 11, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) revoked the license of Ad-Din Hospital over the deaths of the six newborns.
However, it had said the hospital could appeal to the government within 30 days for reconsidering the decision as per the law.
On May 27, six newborns died in the postnatal ward of Ad-Din Hospital at Moghbazar within a span of three hours.
Habibur Rahman, father of one of the deceased, filed a case at Ramna Police Station alleging negligence on the part of the hospital authorities.
The government formed a three-member committee to look into the allegation.
Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain disclosed the findings of the commit-tee at a press conference at the Secretariat on June 4, saying the committee found that negligence led to the deaths of the six newborns.
On the same day, the DGHS issued a show-cause notice to the hospital asking it to explain why its li-cence should not be revoked over the deaths of the newborns.
The hospital authorities had submitted a reply to the notice. However, the government did not find the response satisfactory and hence revoked the license.
The hospital authorities later appealed against the cancellation of the license.
