Child dies due to wrong treatment: Probe body formed

Barishal Correspondent:  A three-member probe body was formed after a child had died allegedly due to ‘wrong treatment’ in the city.

Headed by Director of Shere-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital Dr Md Bakir Hossain, the probe body has been asked to submit its report within three days.

Rean, six-month-old son of Al Amin, a resident of Hospital Road area in the city, died in wrong treatment and his family lodged a complaint with a police station in this regard.

Al Amin, father of the Rean, said his son had been suffering from cold and cough for the last couple of days.

On Wednesday morning, he took his son to the outdoor unit of Shere-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital where Dr Mahmud Hasan suggested him to use ‘Sultolin’ inhaler for treating his son and asked him to buy the medicine from ‘Best Pharmacy’.

Al Amin went to the pharmacy in the evening but after taking the inhaler Rean died instantly at the pharmacy, he said.

Later, Al Amin lodged a complaint with Kotwali Model police station and demanded punishment of those responsible for the death of his son.


risingbd/Barishal/Feb 7, 2019/J Khan Swapon/Mukul