Dhaka, June 24 -- The family of an infant has alleged that a leak in the oxygen line at a private children's hospital in Dhaka's Shyamoli caused the death of their child.

Hospital authorities, however, countered the claim, saying the child was suffering from post-measles complications.

They claimed that the infant's condition had been deteriorating since the afternoon.

The oxygen line leak was completely unrelated to the death, they added.

The leak occurred on Tuesday afternoon at a facility named Shyamoli Baby Care.

Following the incident, five other children admitted to the hospital were evacuated and transferred to another hospital on an upper floor of the same building.

It was during this period that the 4-month-old infant, who ...