Bangladesh HC bans male doctors from examining rape victims
April 20, 2014  18:13
Bangladesh's high court today banned male doctors from examining rape victims to save them from embarrassment.

"You must ensure no male doctors take part in examining the victims of rape," a two-judge bench said summoning the director general of health services. The bench comprising judges Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and ABM Altaf Hossain issued the ruling while director general Deen Mohd Noorul Haque informed the court that the female doctors were already appointed in government facilities in compliance with a previous order by the same court.

The same bench passed the order in June last year ordering recruitment female doctors, nurses and staff at government hospitals for checking up rape victims. It was responding to a newspaper report that women rape victims were subject to embarrassment as male doctors conduct their medical examinations.
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