Bangladesh health authorities investigate the deaths of six newborns at a private hospital in Dhaka after reports that the babies became ill in the same post-delivery ward within hours of each other. Health officials say the infants were between one and three days old when they died. The deaths occur at Ad-Din Hospital, in the capital’s post-delivery ward. Hospital and health officials state that an investigation is under way to determine the cause. A hospital director says investigators need time to establish what led to the deaths. A health department spokesman says initial information does not indicate mistreatment as the cause. Multiple reports also reference concerns about the ward’s environment, including allegations or reports of ventilation and air-conditioning failure during hot weather, which some accounts link to conditions in the ward. Relatives of the newborns describe confusion and fear as the babies reportedly became ill one after another before dying. Officials are assessing whether equipment or environmental factors, rather than misconduct, played a role while the investigation continues.