sure healthcare services for poor and helpless people of rural and remote areas, they said. Newly recruited doctors were given postings instantly to rural and remote areas (their birth place) for providing healthcare services to people with due sincerity, they said. Recently, different developed countries have come forward to provide financial and technical support to Bangladesh’s health sector following development in the sector utilising its own resources. As part of this effort, developed countries, including the European Union (EU), have expressed their keen interests in providing more financial and technical assistance to Bangladesh’s health sector as they are happy with the development in the sector. The countries want to invest more in the country’s health sector in a bid to bring more vulnerable people under healthcare network, said a health ministry source. EU Ambassador to Bangladesh Pierre Mayaudon met Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim on December 17 and expressed his keen interest in making an effective collaboration with the government regarding hospital waste management and improving the quality of medical technologists, especially in the field of drug testing, he said. Meanwhile, Turkish government has provided financial assistance to set up 10 community clinics. The development work, which is being implemented under the community clinic project of the health ministry, is scheduled to open by January in 2015, he added. Country’s noted health experts told daily sun that the steps taken by the government for country’s health sector is laudable and many poor and common people are now getting better healthcare services comparing to previous government. Dr Rashid-e-Mahbub, president of Health Right Movement, said Ebola is one of the world’s most deadly viruses and this diseases breaks out severely in West Africa which claimed more than 20,0000 lives within a month. “This was so infectious and many people travel from South Africa to Bangladesh. Considering the fact, the government instantly formed a national committee headed by the health secretary and prepared a separate unit of 20 beds at Kurmitolla General Hospital for Ebola-infected patients if found,” he added. Finally, the government installed thermal scanner at Dhaka International Airport to scan all the passengers who came from West African region to stop the spread of this disease, he said. “This proves that the government is very serious about people’s healthcare,” said Rashid-e-Mahbub. Dr Nasir Uddin Ahmed, a noted health expert, said more items of medicines are now going to Sri Lanka, Maldives and Bhutan as such governments are satisfied with the quality of medicines produced in Bangladesh. “Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim took strict measures to prevent corruption in health sector after taking the charge of the health ministry,” he said. “The health minister suspended the academic activities of 12 medical colleges in early 2014 for not maintaining proper rules in setting up medical colleges which was approved by the immediate-past administration,” he pointed out. Health and Family Welfare Minister fired many doctors for negligence of duties. Eleven doctors were terminated while punitive actions were taken against over 100 others due to their negligence of duty in the last five months, he said. This scenario reflects that the government does not allow any kind of corruption in the sector. Health Minister Mohammad Nasim said, “We have made tremendous improvement in the country’s health sector as per directives of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.” More two medical universities will be set up at Rajshahi and Chittagong to enhance the quality of medical professionals and medical research, he added. “Our prime minister received UN award for significant development in country’s health sector and this year special invitation came from the UN to the prime minister to make a speech for the success of health sector,” he said. People are now getting healthcare services staying at their homes after setting up of community clinics, he pointed out.
Sunday, January 4, 2015
Access to healthcare now easier for rural people:Daily Sun
sure healthcare services for poor and helpless people of rural and remote areas, they said. Newly recruited doctors were given postings instantly to rural and remote areas (their birth place) for providing healthcare services to people with due sincerity, they said. Recently, different developed countries have come forward to provide financial and technical support to Bangladesh’s health sector following development in the sector utilising its own resources. As part of this effort, developed countries, including the European Union (EU), have expressed their keen interests in providing more financial and technical assistance to Bangladesh’s health sector as they are happy with the development in the sector. The countries want to invest more in the country’s health sector in a bid to bring more vulnerable people under healthcare network, said a health ministry source. EU Ambassador to Bangladesh Pierre Mayaudon met Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim on December 17 and expressed his keen interest in making an effective collaboration with the government regarding hospital waste management and improving the quality of medical technologists, especially in the field of drug testing, he said. Meanwhile, Turkish government has provided financial assistance to set up 10 community clinics. The development work, which is being implemented under the community clinic project of the health ministry, is scheduled to open by January in 2015, he added. Country’s noted health experts told daily sun that the steps taken by the government for country’s health sector is laudable and many poor and common people are now getting better healthcare services comparing to previous government. Dr Rashid-e-Mahbub, president of Health Right Movement, said Ebola is one of the world’s most deadly viruses and this diseases breaks out severely in West Africa which claimed more than 20,0000 lives within a month. “This was so infectious and many people travel from South Africa to Bangladesh. Considering the fact, the government instantly formed a national committee headed by the health secretary and prepared a separate unit of 20 beds at Kurmitolla General Hospital for Ebola-infected patients if found,” he added. Finally, the government installed thermal scanner at Dhaka International Airport to scan all the passengers who came from West African region to stop the spread of this disease, he said. “This proves that the government is very serious about people’s healthcare,” said Rashid-e-Mahbub. Dr Nasir Uddin Ahmed, a noted health expert, said more items of medicines are now going to Sri Lanka, Maldives and Bhutan as such governments are satisfied with the quality of medicines produced in Bangladesh. “Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim took strict measures to prevent corruption in health sector after taking the charge of the health ministry,” he said. “The health minister suspended the academic activities of 12 medical colleges in early 2014 for not maintaining proper rules in setting up medical colleges which was approved by the immediate-past administration,” he pointed out. Health and Family Welfare Minister fired many doctors for negligence of duties. Eleven doctors were terminated while punitive actions were taken against over 100 others due to their negligence of duty in the last five months, he said. This scenario reflects that the government does not allow any kind of corruption in the sector. Health Minister Mohammad Nasim said, “We have made tremendous improvement in the country’s health sector as per directives of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.” More two medical universities will be set up at Rajshahi and Chittagong to enhance the quality of medical professionals and medical research, he added. “Our prime minister received UN award for significant development in country’s health sector and this year special invitation came from the UN to the prime minister to make a speech for the success of health sector,” he said. People are now getting healthcare services staying at their homes after setting up of community clinics, he pointed out.
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