ACC to sue 6 DMCH employees
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to file six cases against six officers and staff members of Dhaka Medical College Hospital for misappropriating over Tk 59 lakh of the hospital.
Nurul Islam, deputy assistant director (DAD) of the ACC, during primary inquiry found that the six DMCH employees -- Azizul Haque Bhuiyan, in-charge (dismissed) of emergency department; Alamgir Hossain, cashier; A Baten Sarkar, computer operator; Shahjahan, computer operator; Abu Hanif Bhuiyan, computer operator; and Harunur Rashid, office assistant -- embezzled a total of Tk 59.10 lakh at different times.
ACC's Public Relations Officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya said the commission has decided to file cases against the six after receiving the inquiry reports prepared by DAD Nurul.
The ACC inquiry found that before his dismissal, between 2009 and 2013, DMCH emergency in-charge Azizul had collected a total of 8,38,668 tickets from the hospital authorities.
Azizul misappropriated Tk 15.59 lakh as he deposited only Tk 66.15 lakh in the hospital accounts, although he had sold the tickets for Tk 81.75 lakh.
Moreover, he misappropriated another Tk 14.91 lakh as he deposited only Tk 23.47 lakh out of a Tk 38.38-lakh collection received from the admission of patients at the emergency.
Before being dismissed from the job, Azizul destroyed accounts records and other relevant documents to conceal his crime.
Another member of the staff, Shahjahan, received a total of 15,000 tickets, each worth Tk 10, between 2009 and 2010.
However, Shahjahan did not deposit Tk 1.5 lakh to the accounts and he destroyed relevant documents, said sources at the ACC.
Another staffer, Abu Hanif Bhuiyan, sold around 28,000 tickets to patients, but did not deposit Tk 2.8 lakh in the hospital's accounts.
Staff member Harunur also sold a total of 1.15 lakh tickets between 2009 and 2013, but did not deposit Tk 11.5 lakh in the accounts.
Alamgir sold 28,000 tickets to patients and misappropriated Tk 2.8 lakh between 2010 and 2012.
Similarly, Baten pocketed Tk 10 lakh after selling 1 lakh tickets between 2009 and 2010, said the ACC official.
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