A Supreme Court lawyer today sent a legal notice to director general of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Prof Dr Abul Kalam Azad, asking him to step down from his post as "he has failed to take necessary measures to protect people from the outbreak of coronavirus".
Advocate Md JR Khan Rabin served the legal notice through email, saying that Abdul Kalam Azad and other officials concerned of DGHS have not provided sufficient and proper personal protective equipment (PPE) to doctors, nurses, police personnel, officials and journalists on time to protect them from Covid-19.
Therefore, 3,380 people including doctors and nurses, police personnel and journalists tested positive for coronavirus and 120 people died till April 22, he said in the legal notice.
Advocate Rabin said, in the legal notice, that the DG of DGHS failed to protect people from the coronavirus outbreak and therefore, he has no right to hold the office.
Advocate Rabin told The Daily Star that he will move a writ petition before the High Court for necessary order if Dr Abul Kalam Azad does not step down within a reasonable period.
