DGHS probe report on Ayaan’s death ‘ridiculous’: HC

DE Online Desk
The High Court has termed the Directorate General of Health Service’s (DGHS) probe report on the death of five-year-old Ayaan Ahmed at the United Medical College and Hospital an “eyewash” and “ridiculous”.
Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Justice Md Abdullah’s bench made the observation on Monday at a hearing on the probe report on Monday.
On behalf of the DGHS director general, the organisation’s Deputy Director Dr Porimol Kumar Pal submitted the 15-page probe report to the court as an affidavit to the court on Sunday. The report states that Ayaan suffered from childhood asthma. He was given a nebulizer and inhaler for his breathing problems in the waiting room before the circumcision. This matter was not informed to the doctors.
The report also said injections of propofol was used to anesthetise Ayaan before the circumcision surgery which could have caused severe allergic reactions and lead to contractions in his airways or cause the muscles around the airways to tighten and spasm.
Referring to this point, the court remarked that Ayaan’s operation should not have taken place.
“What was the rush that operation had to take place on that day? What would be the harm in delaying it for a few days?” said the court.
The HC bench also said, “No doctors want their patients to die. But here [in the probe report] it shows negligence in the treatment of Ayaan.”
“Even a coronary artery bypass surgery does not require so much medication as used during the circumcision of baby Ayaan,” the court added.