The health department on Sunday revoked the coronavirus testing permission of five hospitals and diagnostic centres in Bangladesh.
Those are Sahabuddin Medical College Hospital, Care Medical College, Stemz Healthcare, Thaicare Diagnostic and Chattogram's Epic Healthcare.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) issued letters to them.
Additional Director General Prof Nasima Sultana signed the letter saying that despite taking permission, those centers could not start testing on time.
“You got permission to conduct Covid-19 RT-PCR test, but you failed to start the testing. Your Covid-19 testing permission is temporarily revoked,” read the letter.
They can apply again for permission after taking complete preparation and ‘no objection certificate’ from the Directorate General of Drug Administration for imported Covid-19 testing kits.
The final decision of giving them back the permission will depend on the result of the field visit at the facility, read the letter.
