According to the ACC, 11 percent of the doctors were absent from three hospitals in Dhaka, but 62 percent were absent from seven hospitals outside it. The hospitals inspected were the Sarkari Kormochari Hospital, Maa O Shishu Sadan and Mugda General Hospital in Dhaka, Upazila health complexes in Mymensingh’s Muktagachha, Tangail’s Delduar, Rangpur’s Pirgachha, Rajshahi’s Godagari, Kushtia’s Kumarkhali, and Pabna’s Atgharia, Pabna General Hospital and Dinajpur General Hospital. "According to the duty rota of two hospitals in Dhaka, 110 doctors were supposed to be present. "Of the 131 doctors, only 50 were present according to the rota of hospitals in seven districts outside Dhaka," he added. An employee of Mugda General Hospital emergency department, Md Abu Musa Mia, was fired on the recommendation of the ACC for allegedly accepting a bribe from the relatives of a patient.

Source: bd News24 January 21, 2019 13:30 UTC