Healthcare facilities improve in Rangpur

RANGPUR, Sept 10 (BSS): The healthcare services have significantly improved in the district after implementation of many infrastructural development projects in the last 10 years.

Officials of Health Engineering Department (HED) and Public Works Division (PWD) said a number of development projects were implemented at a cost of Taka 97 crore in the health sector here during the period while some other projects are being implemented.

Civil Surgeon of Rangpur Dr Abu Md Zakirul Islam said common people are getting better healthcare services from the government hospitals and other healthcare centres in the district following improvement of the infrastructural projects.

"The service providing environment has also been improved in hospitals, upazila health complexes, union health and family welfare centres and community clinics, which help common people get better services," he said.

Executive Engineer of the Health Engineering Department (HED) Md Saiful Islam said his department implemented 44 infrastructural projects at cost of Tk 58.40 crore in last 10 years improving healthcare facilities across the district.

In addition, he said, more infrastructural uplift projects are being implemented to further improve healthcare services at different places.

The major infrastructural development projects, which were implemented, were constructions of an Institute of Health Technology in the city, upgradation of five 31-bed upazila health complexes to 50-bed, an EPI store and 27 community clinics.