GEORGE TOWN: A private clinic in Lebuh Naning here was sealed for operating without a valid licence and selling medical certificates (MC) to the public.
The clinic, which has been in operation for the past 16 years, was sealed by the Penang Health Department’s Private Healthcare Practice Control Branch at 3pm yesterday.
According to the department's source, its Pharmacy Division had carried out an inspection on the clinic in 2018 and issued a warning after finding that it has stocks of expired medicines, as well as unorganised patient registration system and records.
The source said a follow-up inspection found that the situation remained unchanged after the warning, prompting the state Health Department to revoke the clinic’s operating licence on Dec 10 last year.
The clinic, however, had continued its operation illegally and still raking profit by selling MC to the public at RM10 per day.
Penang Health director Dr Asmayani Khalib, when contacted by Bernama, confirmed that the clinic had been sealed and was being investigated under Section 91 (1) of the Private Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 1998. -- Bernama