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Don’t Jail Doctors Blog Campaign 
January 26th, 2008 (4 days ago) at 11: 50.28 FYI according to the NST, Dr Basmullah Yusom has earned the dubious distinction of being the first person in the country to be convicted under the Private Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 1998. [Dr. Basmullah Yusom is a USM graduate, attained MMC registration in 1990 and as of 2008 still holds a valid APC].“Dr Basmullah, 44, had been operating the Al-Hilal Medical Centre Sdn Bhd at No 55, Jalan 5/76B, Desa Pandan, off Jalan Kampung Pandan, since 1998. The father of eight, who was charged on Dec 13 last year, had pleaded guilty to committing the offence at the premises at 10pm on July 11 last year.
Sentencing was fixed for yesterday. Under the act, he was liable to a maximum fine of RM500,000.
In mitigation, Dr Basmullah, who was unrepresented, pleaded for leniency, saying he did not register his clinic as he wanted to sell it and that he was not the only person running the clinic.
“I have financial problems and I still have to pay RM7,000 for the clinic and RM10,000 in personal loan,” he said.
Under the act, he was liable to a maximum fine of RM500,000.
Dr Basmullah said he had since moved to Putrajaya claiming it was cheaper to live there and that he had sold his car and was using a motorcycle”.DPP Norfiza Mohamed Noordin from the Health Ministry pressed for a deterrent sentence.“Unlicensed clinics make it hard for the ministry to monitor them to ensure that they do not illegally sell drugs or conduct illegal abortions. This is to ensure public safety.
“Being busy and having financial problems are not excuses for not registering the clinic,” she said.Judge S.M. Komathy Suppiah fined Dr Basmullah RM120,000 or three months’ jail.