A mobile court backed up by RAB 2 has fined Square Hospital Tk2.65 lakh, bringing charge on six irregularities, said a press release.
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 14:30pm 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.
Earlier in 2012, the Department of Environment fined the hospital authorities Tk5 lakh for causing sound pollution. According to the environment act, sound level in the hospital area should be 35 decibel. But the DoE found out that the hospital's 1000 KVA capacity generator was making sound between 65 to 73 decibels, which is harmful for human health. According to the Bangladesh Environment Protection Act 1995 (amended in 2010), 100 square metre area around any hospital is declared as a quiet area, prohibiting any kind of sound pollution within that range.
