Drive against brokers at MMCH: 7 jailed for 7 days

A mobile court today sentenced seven brokers at Myemensingh Medical College Hospital to seven days in jail each.

The court led by Executive Magistrate Mahfuzul Haque handed down the judgment.

The convicts--Jewel Mia, 26, Alal Uddin, 32, Shamsul Alam, 41, Bijoy Das Harijan, 45, Tushar Ahmed, 26, Ratan Mia, 47, and Pavel, 23-- are from different areas of the district.

The convicts were active members of different broker gangs at the MMCH, private clinics and diagnostic centres, and ambulance syndicates.

Tipped off, members of Rapid Action Battalion conducted a drive at the emergency and outdoor departments of the MMCH.

Mohammad Mainuddin Khan, assistant director of the hospital, said that such drives will continue in the future to reduce the sufferings of patients and save them from the clutches of brokers.