A probe committee on Tuesday started its investigation over rescuing a newborn from the sewerage pipe of Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital (SBMCH) after her mother gave birth in a toilet of the maternity ward.
Dr HM Saiful Islam, director of SBMCH, formed the three-member probe committee on Sunday.
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Dr HM Saiful Islam said the probe committee headed by pediatric department chief Professor Dr Mujibur Rahman Talukder has been asked to submit a report within three working days.
Meanwhile, Professor Mujibur Rahman Talukder said the newborn and his mother both are currently doing well.
“The baby has oxygen saturation at 97. Hopefully, they will be released from the hospital within 1-2 days” he said.
On Saturday afternoon, Shilpi Begum, the mother, accidentally delivered the baby girl on a high commode of the toilet of maternity ward.
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The prematurely born baby slipped toilet’s pipeline and got stuck some metres below, said baby’s father Neyamat Ullah, a fisher from Swarupkathi upazila in Pirojpur.
The hospital immediately informed the nearby Fire Service office to rescue the baby. But before they arrived Neyamat broke the pipe on the second floor of the hospital building and rescued the baby who suffered slight bruises.