Dhaka, June 12 -- After being stripped off its licence following the deaths of six newborns, Ad-din Medical College Hospital in the capital's Moghbazar is now seeing patients leaving in droves.

Ad-Din Foundation Director (Company Affairs) Tariqul Islam Mukul said 176 patients had left as of 2:30pm on Friday.

There were 426 patients admitted in the hospital when the licence was revoked on Thursday afternoon, he said.

"Currently, about 250 patients are admitted now. The rest left at different times," Mukul said.

Health officials said the deaths of the six newborns occurred under "unusual circumstances" on May 27.

The deaths in the private hospital's post-delivery ward a day before Eid-ul-Azha sent shockwaves across the country, leading...