Bangladesh, May 29 -- A legal notice has been served seeking action against those responsible for the deaths and illnesses of several newborns at Ad-din Hospital in Dhaka's Moghbazar, along with compensation for affected families.

The notice was sent by Supreme Court lawyer Ishrat Hasan via email on Friday.

The health services secretary under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the director general of the Directorate General of Health Services, the DGHS director for hospitals and clinics, and the director of Ad-din Medical College Hospital are named as respondents in the notice.

The move follows a recent incident where six newborns died in the span of several hours at a maternity and neonatal ward of the hospital.

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