Hospital says it has addressed deficiencies identified after six newborns died in May
Ad-din Medical College Hospital, whose licence was cancelled following the deaths of six newborns in May, was re-inspected today by a team from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in line with instructions from the health ministry.
The four-member team, led by Syed Abu Ahammad Shafi, deputy director (Hospitals) of the DGHS, went to Ad-din Hospital at around 1:00pm and stayed there for about an hour, the hospital's Public Relations Officer Iqbal Hossain Rudra told Media this evening.
Contacted, DGHS Director General Prof Pravath Chandra Biswas said the inspection was conducted following a ministry directive to verify whether the hospital had carried out the necessary structural changes.
The re-inspection comes after Health Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain said on July 13 that the hospital would be inspected again after its authorities appealed for another visit, claiming they had addressed the shortcomings identified by the DGHS.
At the time, the minister said the hospital had rebuilt parts of the facility, removed the bakery, created space for proper ventilation, and submitted videos showing the modifications.
"If the new inspection finds the proposal feasible, the government may take an appropriate decision," he had said.
Iqbal Hossain said the inspection team is expected to submit its report to the ministry.
"We have made the necessary structural changes," he added.
The six newborns, aged between one and four days, died within a few hours on the morning of May 27, 2026, at the hospital, triggering public outrage.
Last month, the DGHS cancelled the licence of the 700-bed hospital in Dhaka's Moghbazar after finding its response to the deaths "unsatisfactory".
The decision followed a DGHS probe that found clear negligence by the hospital authorities, nurses and other staff, as well as the absence of an on-duty physician in the post-operative room, holding them responsible for the deaths of the six newborns.