Death of DU student: 8 doctors get bail

Staff Correspondent:  A Dhaka court has granted bail to eight physicians of Central Hospital in a case filed over the death of a female student of Dhaka University for “wrong treatment”.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court Judge Khurshid Alam granted the bail after the accused had surrendered to the court on Monday morning.

The case was filed on Wednesday against them hours after Afia Jahan Chaity, 20, a first year student of zoology department, died at the hospital.

Dhaka University filed the case with Dhanmondi Police Station bringing allegation against Central Hospital Director Dr MA Kashem, Consultant Lt Col (retd) Dr ASM Matlabur Rahman, Prof ABM Abdullah, Dr Murtaza, Dr Jahanara Begum, Dr Maksud Pervin, Dr Masuda Pervin, Dr Tapan Kumer Bairagi and Rashed Yusuf.

Chaity, was admitted to the hospital on Green Road on Wednesday after doctors of the hospital diagnosed her with "acute myeloblastic leukaemia", a type of blood cancer, according to the medical file of the deceased.

But just before she died around 5:30pm on Thursday, doctors confirmed that she actually had dengue fever, students claimed.



risingbd/Dhaka/May 22, 2017/Mamun Khan/Mukul