Following a Caesarean operation conducted allegedly by a clinic owner, who is a non-medical person, mother of a newborn baby is fighting for life at Thakurgaon Sadar Hospital.
"My wife Kohinoor Begum, 20, was admitted to Seven Day Clinic at Tantipara in the town with labour pain at about 3:00am on July 30. I made a contact with Aminar Rahman alias Aman, one of the clinic owners, for a Caesarean at a cost Tk 8000," said the victim's husband Chan Miah, a day labourer of Akcha village in Sadar upazila.
Kohinoor gave birth to a female child through a Caesarean operation on July 30 and she was released from the clinic on August 6.
"But two days later, her surgery stitches began to get loosened, accompanied by bleeding from the spot. I brought her to the clinic on August 9 but the clinic owners refused to take responsibility.I and my relatives also told them to call the doctor who conducted the operation. But the clinic owners were making delay showing different excuses," Chan Miah said.
At one stage it was revealed that Aminar Rahaman, who is not a doctor, performed the operation on Kohinoor Begum with the assistance of a nurse and a few other staffs of his clinic.
As Kohinur remained at the clinic without treatment, Chan Miah and his relatives met acting Civil Surgeon Dr Shahidul Islam and informed him of the matter. Dr Shahidul Islam went to the clinic with a team on Thursday afternoon and arranged sealing off its operation theatre.
The next day, police went to the clinic and took Kohinur to Thakurgaon Sadar Hospital in a critical state.
During a visit to the clinic on Friday, this correspondent saw that there was only a nurse there. A few patients, including those who underwent operations earlier, said no doctor visited them after Kohinoor's incident was revealed. All the five owners (shareholders of the clinic) also fled the scene.
Kohinoor's release order issued from the clinic on August 6 mentioned that Dr Amzad Hossain, a former civil surgeon, conducted her caesarean while and Dr Abul Kashem, medical practitioner in the town, worked as anaesthetist.
When contacted, Dr Amzad Hossain told this correspondent, "I did not conduct the operation. When the patient [Kohinoor] returned to the clinic from home with complications, the clinic owner requested me to say that I performed the operation. I strictly denied them.
Dr Abul Kashem said he was in Dhaka on July 30, the date of the caesarean operation.
"We are making preparation to file a case against the clinic owners including Aminar Rahman who conducted the operation, posing to be a doctor," Dr Shahidul Islam said.
Aminar Rahman and other shareholders of the clinic could not be contacted in spite of repeated attempts as they were not in the town and their cell phones remained out of reach.
Source : The Daily Star
