Plans underway to promote health sector

FE Team | Published: July 18, 2022 23:03:44

The government has plans to promote the health sector of the country aimed at providing the people with sustainable healthcare facilities.
According to the election manifesto of the government, 100- bed cancer units are being established in 8 divisional hospitals, reports UNB.
Moreover, the implementation of a project to establish 50-bed dialysis units at medical college hospitals and 10-bed dialysis units at district hospitals is also underway.
According to an official policy document, the government has started establishing burn units at Rajshahi, Sylhet, Barishal, Rangpur and Faridpur Medical Colleges under a project with support from the Saudi government.
Besides, for the management of medical waste at district level and medical college hospitals, the implementation of the 'Medical Waste Management' project is underway.
The implementation of the feasibility study project to rebuild and transform Dhaka Medical College Hospital into a 5,000 bed modern world-class hospital is well in progress, the document said.
In addition, the project for the development and expansion of Pabna Mental Hospital to international standards and the establishment of full-fledged mental health units at every divisional level medical college are going to be taken up.
The document said the government has plans to establish Bangabandhu Health City at Mohakhali.
Currently, there are 17 establishments of the Health Ministry at Mohakhali in the capital city.
Apart from this, there are several health service institutions and hospitals including the Health Directorate office, Community Clinic office, BMRC building there.
If this plan is implemented, Mohakhali will become the centre of well-organised health infrastructure, hospitals and administrative activities of the Ministry of Health.
According to the sources of the Ministry of Health, more hospitals will be established here if the Health City is implemented there.
The document mentions that the government is continuously working for autism and autistic children. In the meantime, 1.33 lakh autistic children have been given treatment.
Child Development Centre has been established in 16 Medical College Hospitals including at Dhaka Shishu Hospital. The government plans to do the same in more Medical College Hospitals and 9 District Hospitals.
For the safety and development of the autistic children, the government has allocated Tk 13.0 million (1.30 crore) during COVID-19 and will also allocate sufficient budget in the current 2022-23 fiscal year.
The document said work is going on to establish new 211 centres in addition to the existing 103 centres to provide therapeutic services to the people with disabilities in remote areas of the country.