Doctor jailed for operating healthcare facility without license in Habiganj

A mobile court sentenced a doctor to six months in prison for operating a healthcare facility without any license and without lab technologists for a long time in Habiganj town.

Dr Shamsuddoha, owner of Evergreen Diagnostic and Consultant Centre was sentenced by Shamsuddin Md Reza, executive magistrate of the mobile court, when a drive was conducted at the facility in Shaestanagar area of the town.

Executive Magistrate Md Reza said: "The Evergreen Diagnostic and Consultant Centre is being operated by Dr Md Shamsuddoha without any license. Apart from that the healthcare facility had been conducting lab tests without any lab technologists.”

Dr  Shamsuddoha was sentenced after these were proved against him during the raid of the mobile court, Md Reza added.

Dr Shamsuddoha was also ordered to operate his institution with license and hiring lab technologists in future, otherwise his health facility would be shut down.