HC rule seeks Tk5cr compensation for Ayan`s family

The High Court (HC) on Monday issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain why they should not be directed to pay Tk5 crore compensation to five-year-old Ayan Ahmed, who lost his life after circumcision in United Medical College Hospital.

An HC bench comprising of Justice Mostafa Zaman Islam and Justice Md Atabullah passed the order on Monday (January 15).

The court also asked the authority concern to submit the probe report within next seven days.

Advocate ABM Shahjahan Akanda Masum moved for the petitioner while Deputy Attorney General Tushar Kanti Roy and Assistant Attorney General Selim Azad stood for the state.

Earlier on January 9, Ayan's father, Shamim Ahmed, filed a case against two doctors, unnamed officials and a director of United Hospital and United Medical College Hospital in this connection with Badda police station.

Ayan was taken to United Medical College Hospital on Badda Madani Avenue by his father, Shamim Ahmed, for circumcision on a Tk10,000 package on December 31.

Ayan was given full anesthesia there, reportedly without parental consent.

When, several hours after the operation, he still was not conscious, the hospital moved him to its Gulshan branch.

Following seven days of keeping Ayan on life support, medical professionals in the paediatric intensive care unit declared him dead late on Sunday (January 7).