A mobile court in Chittagong city yesterday fined three private diagnostic centres and four hospitals Tk 32.6 lakh for various irregularities including using expired reagents and medicines and faulty machines and not maintaining hygiene.

The court, led by Rapid Action Battalion-7 Executive Magistrate Sarower Alam, conducted the drive in GEC and Golpahar areas and fined Chevron Diagnostic Centre Tk 10 lakh, CSCR Diagnostic Centre Tk 4 lakh, Metro Diagnostic Centre Tk 2 lakh, Metropolitan Hospital Ltd Tk 8.1 lakh, Royal Hospital Tk 4 lakh, Medical Centre Tk 2.5 lakh, and Lab Aid Hospital Tk 2 lakh.