Desk Report:
Another child among the six twins born at Dhaka Medical College Hospital has died while undergoing treatment. This brings the total number of deaths to five children.
The child died at a private hospital in the capital on Monday (September 15) afternoon. Priya’s sister-in-law Farzana Akhter confirmed the death.
Farzana said that another newborn child died at a private hospital in the afternoon. Two newborns died in the NICU of Dhaka Medical College Hospital in the morning. And one newborn died in the ICU of a private hospital on Sunday night.
Earlier, a woman named Mokseda Akhter Priya (23) from Senbagh Upazila of Noakhali gave birth to six children at the labor ward of the maternity department of the hospital around 9 am yesterday.
Farzana Akhter said that three of the six newborns were kept at the NICHE of Dhaka Medical College Hospital and the remaining three were kept in the NICU of a private hospital. The two newborns at Dhaka Medical College Hospital died this morning. And a child died in a private hospital last night. In addition, a child died yesterday evening. Currently, one child is admitted to a private hospital.
Farzana said that she came to bury the bodies of the children at the Azimpur graveyard. The children’s mother Priya has been brought home from the hospital.
Farzana said that Priya is the wife of Md. Hanif, a Qatari expatriate from Khajuria village in Senbag upazila of Noakhali. Priya was 27 weeks pregnant. She was regularly consulting a doctor in the area. There, she found out through an ultrasound that she was carrying not one or two; five children.
She said that on September 9, Priya came to her elder sister Lipi’s house in Siddhirganj, Narayanganj. From there, she received treatment at Monowara Hospital. When the pain started last night, she was quickly admitted to Dhaka Medical College. She gave birth to 6 children normally, not 5, at around 9 am on Sunday.
On Sunday afternoon, Dr., Medical Officer of the Neonatal Department of Dhaka Medical College, Nilufar Yasmin said that a mother gave birth to 6 newborns naturally this morning. She was 27 weeks pregnant. The babies were immature. Their weight ranged from 615 grams to 900 grams.
