What is the latest news about the death of children at Ad Deen Hospital in Dhaka?

The death of six newborns while admitted to Ad-Deen Hospital in Moghbazar came into discussion on Wednesday morning.

It is learned that 11 mothers were under treatment in the post-delivery ward of the hospital, six of whom were accompanied by six newborn babies.

Many of the relatives of the dead children say that the children in that ward started getting sick from late night. At one point in the early morning, when the children started vomiting, the medical intervention began.

Relatives of several patients under treatment in that ward said that at around three o’clock in the morning, two children were taken to the hospital’s NICU when they became very ill. Later they were again brought to the ward.

But when the six children in that ward fell ill together in the early morning, the hospital authorities started taking them all to the NICU again.

A hospital’s NICU or Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is where newborns are treated.

A parent of a child who died said, “Suddenly at night, I saw my baby crying. In the morning, four or five children in the ward were vomiting at the same time.”

Many victims also alleged that the children died due to gas leakage from the air-conditioning unit in that ward of the hospital.

A parent of a child who died said, “The whole ward smelled of gas. All the children started crying at the same time.”

Hospital authorities are describing the death of six children as an ‘accident’.

They claim that two children suddenly fell ill late at night. All six babies were taken to the NICU later in the morning.

Director General of Ad-Din Hospital Dr. Nahid Yasmin says, 11 mothers and six children were admitted in the hospital ward where this child died. He also said that the newborns are one or two days old.

He claimed that the dead children were having trouble breathing because the AC in that ward was off at night.

“A mother asked to turn off the AC at night. Suddenly, after 3 am, two babies fell ill and were taken to the neonatal ICU,” he said.

Ms. Yasmin says, “Since it is an AC ward, it is often cold. The nurse in charge was told by a mother to turn off the AC. It has happened before, many times the AC is turned off and the fan is on.”

However, he did not say anything about the statement made by the director general of the health department that there is no ventilation system in the room.

Miz Yasmin also said that the doctors checked the health of the sick children at night. He says that the doctors advised to take the children back to the ward as their condition is good.

“Six babies were again taken to the New Natal ICU when they fell ill again in the morning. Two died on the way there and the remaining four were put on ICU support. Later, even those four babies could not be saved,” Miz Yasmin told BBC Bangla.

The hospital authorities are claiming that despite all the efforts of the doctors, the children could not be saved in the end.

The director general of the hospital says, “It happened so fast, we didn’t even get a chance to see it properly. Doctors tried in the Neonatal ICU, but the babies were so suffocating that they couldn’t be saved.”

Apart from the information that five more newborns were admitted in that ward, hospital authorities say that five other babies are already under treatment in NICU due to health complications at the time of birth.

“There were six children and 11 mothers in that ward. The remaining five children were already under treatment in the NICU for some reason, they are fine,” said the director general of the hospital. Nahid Yasmin.

The death of six newborns at one hospital at the same time has created a stir across the country.

The officials of the health department visited the scene in the morning. Director General of the Directorate of Health Professor Prabhat Chandra Biswas told the media that there was a “suffocating atmosphere” in the hospital ward where the incident took place.

After visiting the hospital’s post-delivery ward, he said, “There was a suffocating atmosphere in this room in the morning, either due to AC-related complications or some other reason.”

“We found that the ACT was in such a way that when it stopped, there was no ventilation. We lost six children under treatment here,” he said.

Meanwhile, Director General of Health Directorate Professor Prabhat Chandra Biswas said that a committee will be formed to investigate this incident.

“The inquiry committee has been asked to submit its report within the next 72 hours. The inquiry will verify whether there was any managerial error, negligence in medical care or any infrastructural problem in the hospital. If necessary, technical experts will also be included in this inquiry,” he said.

The director general of the health department said that after talking to the hospital authorities, it was initially known that the newborns were healthy after birth. Later in the post-delivery ward, the newborns are taken to the intensive care unit if their physical condition deteriorates.

According to the investigation report, strict action will be taken against those responsible if negligence or error is proved. faith

Meanwhile, Ramana Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Rahat Khan told BBC Bangla that no case has been registered till Wednesday evening in this incident at Ad Deen Hospital.

“Initially the hospital informed that the children died due to suffocation due to the AC being switched off. But we are investigating the matter,” he said.