Dr. Shafi acquitted of all charges in sterilization case

A Senior House Officer in the Gynecology and Obstetrics Unit at Kurunegala Teaching Hospital, Dr. Shihabdeen Mohammed Shafi, who had been accused of performing sterilization procedures on around 4,000 women, was acquitted of all charges by Kurunegala Chief Magistrate Bandula Gunaratna today (November 6).