The High Court today directed United Hospital authorities to pay Tk 30 lakh to each of the families of four victims, who were killed in a fire at its isolation unit on May 27 last year, within 15 days.
The doctor and two nurses who were on duty at the isolation unit for coronavirus patients at United Hospital fled from the scene soon after the fire broke out, handing over the responsibility of patients’ lives to a cleaner, says a police investigation report.
A mobile court fines United Hospital, a private hospital in Dhaka’s Gulshan, Tk 20 lakh for using expired reagents in medical tests and surgical items without any expiry date.
