Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Hossain has said that, thanks to the efforts of doctors, the quality of health care in the country is better than at any time in the past.
He said doctors’ attendance has now been made 100 percent at most upazila health complexes, and the quality of food in hospitals has also improved.
He made the remarks as chief guest at a discussion marking the opening of a newly built four-storey steel-structure building at the Bangladesh Shishu Hospital and Institute in the capital on Monday (9 November). Professor Dr AKM Azizul Haque, chairman of the institute’s board of management, presided.
The minister said the country’s doctors are carrying out complex surgery and treatment successfully and skilfully in a short time, which is strong evidence of the health sector’s capacity. He praised doctors’ skill, courage and humane treatment of patients.
“I am not a doctor, but I respect doctors. I want to work for them,” he said, “because without doctors’ cooperation, no government initiative to develop the health sector can be carried out successfully.”
On drainage and waste management at hospitals, the minister said a separate project worth several thousand crore taka has been taken up to solve the problem for good. Work is under way to manage medical and general waste separately.
He said the government is working to provide good, modern and affordable treatment for every person in the country, and to build a health system that is free of corruption and serves the people. He asked for the cooperation of everyone, including the media.
Earlier, the minister opened the ICU, post-operative unit, e-registration, QR code system and outpatient department of the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (NITOR) and took part in a discussion there. He announced an allocation of Tk 50 crore for the institute’s development.
The NITOR event was chaired by its director, Professor Dr Md Abul Kenan. Doctors Association of Bangladesh (DAB) president Professor Dr Harun Al Rashid and secretary general Dr Md Zahirul Islam Shakil were among those present.
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