Popular Diagnostic Center fined Tk 25 lakh

Popular Diagnostic Center was caught keeping expired pathology reagents and medicine, for which it was fined Tk 25 lakh by a mobile court yesterday.

Executive Magistrate Sarwoer Alam told The Daily Star that a mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion raided the Dhanmondi branch of Popular and seized the expired materials.

Expired pathology reagents worth Tk 7 lakh and a huge amount of expired medicine, especially injections, were found in its storage room and confiscated.

While contacted an official from information desk of the diagnostic centre in Dhanmondi acknowledged the drive but did not comment on it.