A five-member committee has been formed to investigate the death of a 7-year-old boy during a circumcision procedure at a private hospital in Chattogram city. The committee, headed by Deputy Civil Surgeon Md Towhidul Anwar, was constituted on Wednesday. “The procedure was carried out under the supervision of Md Junaid Chowdhury of the paediatric surgery department at Chattogram Medical College Hospital.”He added, “In the evening, the hospital authorities informed us that my son needed to be taken to Chattogram Medical College Hospital. Chattogram Medical College Hospital ICU chief Harunur Rashid told bdnews24.com, “The child was placed on life support immediately after being brought in and later died. The child’s father said his son had a urinary tract problem and was taken for surgery, with circumcision planned at the same time.

Source: bd News24 January 08, 2026 00:14 UTC