A mobile court in Mohadevpur, Naogaon, fined three unlicensed medical service institutions a total of 80,000 taka during a raid, while sentencing two establishment owners to one month of rigorous imprisonment each.
These details were disclosed in a press release issued by the SRB-5 Rajshahi camp on Monday afternoon, October 26. Earlier, separate drives were conducted across various areas of Mohadevpur upazila on Sunday afternoon (October 25). According to the press release, an intelligence team from the SRB-5, CPC-3, Joypurhat camp spent several days investigating licensing statuses across various hospitals, homeopathic halls, and medical facilities in the upazila, identifying three establishments operating without valid licenses.
Subsequently, a mobile court was operated under the leadership of Executive Magistrate Jannatul Naim Binte Aziz. During the drive, Fatema Homeo Hall was fined 10,000 taka and its owner, Md. Faruk Hossain (32), was sentenced to one month of simple imprisonment for practicing medicine and selling drugs without a license.
Similarly, the owner of Specialized Center for Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation in the Lichubagan area, Md. Masum Ali (28), was sentenced to one month of simple imprisonment and fined 20,000 taka for operating without a license. Furthermore, the owner of Five Star Medical Center in the same area, Md. Bedarul Islam (55), was fined 50,000 taka for lacking a license. Cases under Section 29 of the Medical and Dental Council Act, 2010, have been filed against all three individuals.
The press release noted that the total fines amounting to 80,000 taka imposed on the three institutions have been deposited into the government treasury. Such drives will continue to ensure public health safety and control unauthorized medical service operations.
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Reported by Uzzal Kumar Sarkar, Naogaon Correspondent • Edited by the Daily Best News desk. Send corrections to [email protected].
