Square Hospital fined Tk2.65 lakh

A mobile court backed by Rapid Action Battalion-2 seized Square Hospital and fined Tk2.65 lakh, bringing charge on various irregularities.

The mobile court led by Executive Magistrate Md Helal Uddin, conducted the drive at the private hospital located in the capital`s Panthapath area from 12:30pm to 02:30pm Wednesday.

The hospital was fined for not having the DAR of medical devices and Surgical apparatus and premises drug licence; not renewing the licences of the hospital for last two years, blood bank and diagnostic centre; not having the licences of ICU, CCU, NICU, HDU and Dialysis unit; running a 365-bed hospital despite having approval of 300 beds; not offering 5% of the total beds free of cost as per direction; and for producing food stuffs without the approval of BSTI.