Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated the academic activities of 11 new public medical colleges, aiming to fulfill the country's huge demand for physicians to provide better medical services to its people, reports UNB.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina launched the new medical colleges through videoconferencing from her official residence Ganabhaban.
Of the 11 public medical colleges, six are government medical colleges located in Sirajganj, Tangail, Manikganj, Jamalpur, Patuakhali and Rangamati while the rest five are army medical colleges located in Rangpur, Jessore, Chittagong, Comilla and Bogra districts.
Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister urged the country's physicians to extend their hands with the mentality of serving people.
Terming medicare a noble profession and the basic right of people, "The aim of physicians has to be serving people, not only earning money or making own fortune."
Hasina said her government took various steps for the development of the health sector and the newly established 11 medical colleges are results of that initiative. The Prime Minister hoped that the new medical colleges would play an effective role in creating efficient doctors as the country has huge demand for physicians.
These colleges would help reduce pressure on the doctors in the future when new physicians will come out successfully from there, she said.
Hasina regretted that Bangladesh's health sector remained neglected for a long time though the country needed more medical colleges and universities to create physicians for the country's huge population.
PM urges physicians to serve people sincerely
FE Team | Published: January 11, 2015 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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