{"id":203822,"date":"2019-08-03T18:31:52","date_gmt":"2019-08-03T13:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=203822"},"modified":"2019-08-05T12:09:10","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T06:39:10","slug":"two-complainants-against-dr-shafi-are-now-pregnant-cid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/two-complainants-against-dr-shafi-are-now-pregnant-cid\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Complainants Against Dr Shafi Are Now Pregnant: CID"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two women who had complained that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Shafi\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Dr Shafi\u00a0Shihabdeen<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, at Kurunegala Teaching Hospital, had unlawfully carried out sterilisation procedures on them, are now pregnant.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_202080\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Dr-Shafi-Siyabdeen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-202080\" class=\"size-full wp-image-202080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Dr-Shafi-Siyabdeen.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Dr-Shafi-Siyabdeen.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Dr-Shafi-Siyabdeen-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Dr-Shafi-Siyabdeen-768x429.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-202080\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr Shafi Siyabdeen<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Earlier they said that they had to undergo caesarean birth when pregnant and they had been sterilised without their consent. Their complaint is that despite trying to conceive for the last two years they have not been able to do so, and they suspect Dr Shafi may have carried out sterilisation procedures on them.<\/p>\n<p>According to CID sources, after lodging their complaints, the CID had invited them by telephone to be interviewed and the two mothers had said: \u201cSir\u2026 We do not need any investigation .. 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