Two months ago, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) conducted a drive to combat corruption at Manikganj District Medical College and Hospital. At that time, officials Dr. Md. Zahirul Karim, Deputy Director and Chief Accountant Md. Abdul Karim Mia, as well as former Health Minister Zahid Malek Swapan and his son Rahat Malek Shuvro were accused of corruption.
Despite the negligence of the hospital director, no action has been taken.
Going to the ground, it is seen that Deputy Director Dr. Md. Zahirul Karim is now performing his duties,
The medical college authorities have confirmed that only the first director Dr. Soomen Chowdhury and the chief accountant Md. Abdul Karim Mia have been transferred. Apart from this, no other officer or employee has been transferred or notified of the transfer.
When asked about the investigation of the Anti-Corruption Commission by the current Chief Director, Dr. Md. Shafiqul Islam, he ignored the matter, but the previous Chief Director, Dr. Md. Soomen Chowdhury, said he knew everything, and Dr. Md. Zahirul Karim, the Deputy Director, is approved by the Dhaka Medical Board and does not talk about any other issues, The Daily Global Nation was told. On the other hand, classes have started again for the students of the Medical College, but even in the classrooms, there are fewer proper equipment, there is no high-quality multimedia, and two parts of the money allocated for the teachers, students, and students of the college are used for work,
The issue of investigation is that even though the Anti-Corruption Commission has investigated all the issues and found corruption, the public does not seem to have received any results.
On Wednesday, April 16th morning, the father took his son to Manikganj Medical College Hospital to see a doctor. The doctor asked him to get three tests done. When he went to the pathology counter of the hospital, they refused saying that these tests could not be done and further stated that no type of test could be done at Manikganj Medical College Hospital. I refused because there was no facility to get these tests done, such as CBC, Urine R/M/E., Chest X-ray.
He also said that the hospital authorities are deliberately stopping all types of tests to make their pockets heavy from private hospitals and that there have been many complaints against the hospital authorities since the beginning and they are constantly harassing the common people.
Talking to the admitted patients, it was revealed that the quality of food inside is very poor, breakfast in the morning is shared by the outsourcing committee of Manikganj Medical College and Hospital, the ward boy does not provide lunch on time, and the quality of the vegetables is very poor, whereas on 31-01-2025, the Anti-Corruption Commission talked about the quality of food starting from the kitchen, saying that the food is of such poor quality that it is less than two-thirds of the food list.
The quality of food for students in college is also the same,
If ordinary people come to seek services and instead of receiving services, they are met with corruption, where will they get services?
The information was collected this morning, and it is known that none of the people working in this hospital since the beginning have been transferred so far. First, the Chief Director Dr. Md. Soumen Chowdhury and the Chief Accountant Md. Abdul Karim Mia have been transferred. In addition, Deputy Director Dr. Md. Zahirul Karim, against whom evidence of corruption has been found, and AQM Ashraful Haque are in the post of RP in 2021 and assistant in 2025.
The general public does not understand how they remain in office despite corruption in hospitals.
