Euro Bangla Desk
Ad-Deen Medical College Hospital in Moghbazar of the capital has been fined Tk 3 lakh due to lack of temperature control meter and unhygienic environment. A fine of Tk 2 lakh under the Safe Food Act and Tk 1 lakh under the Consumer Rights Protection Act.
On Sunday (May 31) afternoon, a three-member team led by Dhaka South City Executive Magistrate Mohammad Aminul Islam conducted the operation. Later they fined the hospital authorities.
Executive Magistrate Aminul Islam said in a press briefing at the end of the raid, “After inspecting various parts of the hospital for a long time, some irregularities were detected. As a result, a fine of two lakh taka under the Safe Food Act and one lakh taka under the Consumer Rights Protection Act, i.e. a total of three lakh taka has been imposed.Hospital authorities immediately paid this fine.’
He said, apart from the blood bank, the meter was not found in the refrigerator of any other ward of the hospital. Only the chambers had meters.
Executive Magistrate also said that unhygienic environment was observed in some places of the hospital.
In one place the labeling of products like biscuits or food was poor and the place was dirty.
