Denied admission in hospital, woman gives birth under a tree

Rina Begum with her newborn baby at Phulbari Upazila Health Complex. The hospital had initially denied her admission, leaving Rina with no option but to give birth to the baby under a tree in the hospital compound. Photo: Collected.

BASHPUKUR (The Daily Star/Asia News Network): A woman was compelled to give birth at an unhygienic area under a tree, as nurses and staffers of Phulbari Upazila Health Complex refused to admit her to the hospital on yesterday.

Abu Taher, a cycle-van driver of Bashpukur village of Parbatipur upazila in the district, said his wife, Rina Begum, 33, went into labour early yesterday.