Govt committed to ensuring healthcare providers’ safety

Says home adviser

FE Team | Published: May 14, 2025 00:18:19

Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said the government is committed to ensuring safety of healthcare providers and others involved in this sector, reports UNB
Expressing grief over the recent incidents involving attacks on hospitals, physicians and others, the adviser said the government has been working with the civil surgeon administration and police department closely to address the issues.
Speaking as the chief guest on the closing day of a two-day Civil Surgeon Conference-2025 at the Shaheed Abu Sayed International Convention Centre in the capital on Tuesday, Jahangir reminded the participants about their responsibility towards the people, calling them talented persons of the society.
"You (physicians) are the light of hope for people, a refuge of trust in times of trouble," he said, suggesting some proposals: bringing post-mortem services to the police station level; conducting post-mortems for women by female doctors; ensuring examinations in cases of rape are conducted by female doctors, and if unavailable, by female nurses with signatures from male doctors; closing private medical colleges that have no teachers and resources and building-centered; forming an accreditation council to improve the quality of medical colleges; arranging for intern doctors to receive training for six months in the city and six months in the village, and increasing honoraria during their time in the village.
People will get service fast along with reducing suffering of the service seekers, if those suggestions are implemented, he said.