Community clinics to be strengthened to ensure healthcare: Health Minister

FE Team | Published: March 22, 2009 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00

The government has planned to strengthen the country's community clinics to make them functional again alongside Upazila health complexes to ensure people's primary healthcare, reports UNB.
Health Minister Dr AFM Ruhul Haque stated this while speaking at an inaugural function of the 27th National Conference of Bangladesh Society of Pathologists at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital Saturday.
Prime Minister's Adviser Prof Dr Syed Modasser Ali, DG (Health) Prof Dr Shah Monir Hussain, Vice Chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mijib Medical University Prof Dr Nazrul Islam and DMCH principal Prof Dr Deen Mohammed attended the function with BSP president Prof Dr Tahmina Hossain in the chair.
The Health Minister said: "The community clinics would be functional soon alongside setting up more. Each clinic will be able to provide healthcare services to about 6,000 people."
He said the government would gradually develop healthcare facilities in all upazila health complexes, district hospitals and the tertiary medicals centres in major cities removing all mismanagements. "It's essential to improve the emergency delivery facilities in all hospitals."
Dr Haque said the government would soon bring all hospitals, including upazila health complexes, under internet network to facilitate quicker health services.
He said data transferring from one hospital to another would be easier after the internet connection. "The list of medicines and facilities which will be delivered from the hospitals concerned will be kept available on the internet to appraise the people."
Responding to pathologists' demand, the Minister said the Institute of Laboratory Medicine and Referral Centre would be built up soon to ensure quality treatment by proper diagnosis of diseases.
The Health Minister emphasised the need for maintaining quality control of laboratories and diagnostic centres sprung up across the country. "We'll have to look into the issue of maintaining the quality of the labs set up haphazardously in the country. If necessary, we'll soon enact a law in this regard," he said.