Counterfeit specialist of pvt emergency clinic imprisoned; its proprietor, supervisor fined Tk 6 lakh

A versatile court the previous evening imprisoned a phony specialist of a private medical clinic in Dhaka's Shyamoli region and fined its proprietor and supervisor Tk six lakh altogether on charge of offering unsatisfactory assistance to patients.

The counterfeit specialist Saiful Islam, executive thus called OT responsible for Sebika General Hospital, was given one-year detainment and fined Tk two lakh, said Mohammed Mohiuddin Faruqe, an organization leader of Rab-2.

The portable court helped by Rab-2 likewise fined emergency clinic proprietor MM Shakhawat Hossain Tk four lakh and director Mohibullha Tk two lakh, he said.

It additionally granted a half year's prison to six intermediaries each. They used to swindle patients at various close by government emergency clinics and stunt them into getting admitted to various low quality private medical clinics, the authority said.

Mohiuddin, additionally the director of police, said there are around 500 intermediaries dynamic in various government emergency clinics, including the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedic Rehabilitation (NITOR) and National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases.

At whatever point patients show up in those medical clinics from remote towns, the representatives persuade them to move to various private emergency clinics saying government medical clinics are bad, he included.

In return, the specialists get Tk 5,000 to 50,000 for each patient relying upon their condition, he said.