The health directorate has shut down 185 more unauthorised private hospitals, clinics, diagnostic centres, and blood banks as the countrywide drive stepped to the fourth day yesterday (May 31, 2022).

With this, the total number of healthcare centres closed down during the drive since Thursday rose to 1,334, according to the Directorate General of Health Services data.

Of those, 286 were in Dhaka division while 212 in Chattogram, 193 in Rajshahi, 73 in Rangpur, 147 in Mymensingh, 65 in Barishal, 47 in Sylhet, and 311 in Khulna division.

On May 25, the DGHS issued a 72-hour ultimatum to close down all unauthorised private healthcare organisations.