Two arrested while collecting blood from patients at DMCH

Two health technicians of private diagnostic centres were caught red handed while they were collecting blood from patients at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) yesterday.
Nurul Islam, 22, of The Pathology Diagnostic Centre of Nabab Katra and Saidur Rahman, 24, of Popular Diagnostic Centre, Dhanmondi were collecting blood from the patients of Ward no 19 (female medicine).
Hospital Director Brig Gen Shahidul Haque Mallik saw the incident over the hospital close circuit camera and caught them.
"They were collecting blood from the patients to test it at their respective diagnostic centers without the permission of the hospital authorities. As I saw it, I went to the spot and nabbed them at around 11:30pm," said the director.
He also said that later he called on Abul Kashem, 45,the manager of The Pathology Diagnostic Centre, and sent them all to the Shahbagh Police Station.
Officer in Charge of Shahbagh Police Station Rezaul Karim said that hospital authorities handed over the three men at around 2:00pm. Later they were released following an undertaking as no case was filed against them.
Hospital sources told The Daily Star that the pathology representatives enter the hospital saying that they would cover tests that are not present at DMCH.
But in connivance with a section of doctors they conduct the simple tests from their diagnostic centers, depriving the government from revenue and causing unnecessary harassment to the patient.