For crackdown against unauthorised medical businesses

A crackdown against the unauthorised medical business is also very necessary as innocent patients are squandering their precious resources at such places often risking their lives in the process

There are services which are extremely important for the simple reason that these involve human life. The same are the medical services and for the obvious reasons no compromise can be allowed in running them properly. Therefore, it is shocking to learn that there are medical centres in this country which are functioning without any authorisation from the official health authorities though such approval is a basic legal requirement for their treating patients.
The authorisation is supposed to ensure that these privately run clinics, diagnostic centres and hospitals are properly equipped in the sense of having the necessary equipment and trained and qualified people to treat patients safely. It is not that authorisa­tion cannot be bought and sold for money in this country. Even then, it provides the assurance of a minimum of standard whereas the unauthorised ones not binded by any regulation or supervision and prove to be like death houses than curing places. And that is what is happening to patients who get admitted to such unauthorised  clinics at Khulna.
According to a report sometime ago, there are some 123 functioning clinics in the city out of which only 32 have been officially permited to function while the rest are yet to get approval. The unauthorised clinics without proper operating chambers, equipment and well-qualified doctors and staff are in no position to discharge proper treatment to patients.
The health risks to people at such unauthorised medical centres are not limited to Khulna only. The picture is the same in other cities and townships throughout the country. According to another report, there are now more than 2,000 clinics and diagnostic centres in Dhaka city but the government’s Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) gave license to only 898 of them to operate.  
Government must do immediately—what it should have done long ago – to stop such killings in the name of providing medical services. A crackdown against the unauthorised medical business is also very necessary as innocent patients are squandering their precious resources at such places often risking their lives in the process.

For crackdown against unauthorised medical businesses

A crackdown against the unauthorised medical business is also very necessary as innocent patients are squandering their precious resources at such places often risking their lives in the process

There are services which are extremely important for the simple reason that these involve human life. The same are the medical services and for the obvious reasons no compromise can be allowed in running them properly. Therefore, it is shocking to learn that there are medical centres in this country which are functioning without any authorisation from the official health authorities though such approval is a basic legal requirement for their treating patients. The authorisation is supposed to ensure that these privately run clinics, diagnostic centres and hospitals are properly equipped in the sense of having the necessary equipment and trained and qualified people to treat patients safely. It is not that authorisation cannot be bought and sold for money in this country. Even then, it provides the assurance of a minimum of standard whereas the unauthorised ones not binded by any regulation or supervision and prove to be like death houses than curing places. And that is what is happening to patients who get admitted to such unauthorised clinics at Khulna. According to a report sometime ago, there are some 123 functioning clinics in the city out of which only 32 have been officially permited to function while the rest are yet to get approval. The unauthorised clinics without proper operating chambers, equipment and well-qualified doctors and staff are in no position to discharge proper treatment to patients. The health risks to people at such unauthorised medical centres are not limited to Khulna only. The picture is the same in other cities and townships throughout the country. According to another report, there are now more than 2,000 clinics and diagnostic centres in Dhaka city but the governments Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) gave license to only 898 of them to operate. Government must do immediatelywhat it should have done long ago to stop such killings in the name of providing medical services. A crackdown against the unauthorised medical business is also very necessary as innocent patients are squandering their precious resources at such places often risking their lives in the process.