BMDC suspends 10 doctors' licences over medical 'negligence', ‘faulty’ reports

Two among them receive the maximum suspension period of two years

The Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council (BMDC) has suspended 10 doctors’ registrations.

The disciplinary action follows allegations of medical negligence leading to the deaths of four patients and causing financial loss to another through a faulty diagnostic report.

Following investigations into complaints received over time, the regulatory body for medical practitioners said the allegations were proven.

Details of the measures taken against the practitioners were released in separate notices on Sunday.

According to the notification, the doctors who face the suspension are Ishtiaq Azad, Mahbub Morshed and SM Muktadir of JS Diagnostic and Medical Checkup Centre in Dhaka’s Malibagh; Tasnuva Mahjabeen and Syed Sabbir Ahmed of United Medical College Hospital in Badda; Touhidur Rahman and Soheli Islam of Shailkupa Private Shishu Hospital and Chhanda Diagnostic Centre in Jhenaidah; and Marina Jesmin, Md Shaikhul Arafat and Md Eshaq Ali of Aalok Health Care in Ghatail, Tangail.

Among them, the registrations of Dr Ishtiaq and Dr Muktadir have been suspended for two years, while those of Dr Touhidur and Dr Soheli have been scrapped for one year.

The remaining doctors have had their registrations banned for six months.

For the duration of the suspension, their names have been temporarily removed from the council’s register.