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Health Minister orders doctor’s suspension for private practice

Reported By: ST Reporter August 7, 2026, 12:56 am Category: Health
Health Minister orders doctor’s suspension for private practice
Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Hossain. File Photo
Minister suspends government doctor for illegal private practice during duty.

Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Hossain today ordered the suspension of a government doctor for illegally providing medical services at a private clinic during office hours.

The doctor, Dr Moinul Hasan Chishti, is serving as a junior consultant at Belabo Upazila Health Complex in Narsingdi.

The minister caught the doctor red-handed while he was attending patients during a sudden inspection at Popular Diagnostic Centre in the English Road area of Old Dhaka this afternoon. He immediately ordered the doctor's suspension.