Panchagarh, Jan. 20 -- A woman was forced to give birth out in the open Saturday beneath a eucalyptus tree on the grounds of an Upazila Health Complex, as nursing staff forcibly released her within hours of getting admitted in pain of labour.

Mother Rina Begum, 30, wife of Jahidul Islam of Goalpara area in Boda, one of the 5 upazilas in Panchagarh, was admitted to the hospital that is part of the upazila health complex around 8am on Saturday, as her labor pain started last night.

According to family members, a nurse of the midwifery department of the hospital, named as Shabana Begum, issued them with a release letter around noon. It said Rina needed a c-section operation to get the baby out, and being "unable to provide service of Caesa...