Dhaka, May 27 -- Additional Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Dr Md Zahid Raihan said it would be very difficult to determine the actual cause behind the deaths of six newborns at the Ad-Din Medical College Hospital in the capital without conducting postmortem examinations.

Talking to reporters after visiting the hospital, he said identifying the root cause without postmortem would be "difficult," though legal proceedings could still move forward based on circumstantial evidence.

"Without postmortem, identifying the actual incident is difficult. In that case, the court of law will determine the course of legal proceedings based on circumstantial evidence," he said.

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