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IV( Hospitals found selling counterfeit drugs,

keeping expired reagents:

A mobile court of the Rapid Action Battalion or RAB
has fined the Apollo Hospitals in Dhaka for selling
in their pharmacy 30 types of counterfeit drugs
and keeping expired reagents in its laboratory12.
A similar report was found with United Hospital,
Gulshan 2, they were for use of expired reagent,
selling unapproved drugs. Seven employees in-
cluding two fake doctors of Crescent Hospital Bangladesh Perspective
of Dhaka’s Mohammadpur, were sentenced to
different jail terms and penaltiesfor taking high
charges from patients and providing fake medical
reports14. Privately run clinics and diagnostic cen-
ters in Chittagong are rife with anomalies owing to
a lack of proper monitoring. These clinics and cen-
ters often produce erroneous diagnostic reports
that often lead the patients to serious health risks.
A recent mobile court drive of the Chittagong dis-
trict administration revealed that a reputed pri-
vate clinic of the port city was running its operat-
ing theatre with expired medicine and reagents.
Moreover, the assistant radiologist of the private
clinic did not have any professional experience
or academic qualifications. It has been alleged
that most of the diagnostic centers are poorly
equipped and lack modern laboratory facilities to
conduct pathological tests. Technicians in these

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