The High Court on Sunday directed authorities concerned not to conduct medical tests on any rape victim by male doctors at hospitals across the country.
Passing the order, an HC bench comprising Justice Quazi Reza Ul Hoque and Justice ABM Altaf Hossain also asked the Directorate General of Health Services to supervise the matter.
The court also exempted the DGHS director general from personal appearance after it was told that female doctors, nurses and MLSS’s have been recruited at hospitals for conducting medical examinations on rape victims
Earlier, on April 2, the High Court summoned the DGHS DG to appear before it on April 24 to explain why he did not comply with the HC order to recruit female doctors, nurses and MLSS’s for conducting medical examinations on rape victims.
However, DGHS DG Prof Deen Muhammad Nurul Haque appeared before the court on Sunday when he rendered his apology for the non-compliance.
In June last year, the High Court ordered authorities concerned to recruit female doctors, nurses and MLSS’s at all government hospitals for conducting medical examinations on the rape victims.
The order had come following a report on carrying out medical test on the rape victims at Dhaka Medical College Hospital by male doctors was published in a national daily.
Supreme Court Lawyer BM Ilias and Jotirmoy Barua filed the writ petition on April 16 last year.
Passing the order, the court had also asked the Directorate General of Health Services to inform it about its compliance.
However, it did not come up with any report in this regard.
Source: UNBConnect
