Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim requested Sunday the established hospitals in the city and outside to provide free health care facilities to poor mothers who can not bear cost of treatment, reports BSS.
"It is very sad that, there is no single example of providing free treatment to poor mothers at any private hospitals. Please come forward to do something for safe delivery of poor mothers across the country."
The Minister said this while speaking as the chief guest at the launching ceremony of 'Updated Union Health and Family Welfare Centre Operation Manual' and experience sharing on '24/7 Safe Delivery Initiative at UH&FWCS-WATCH Project'.
Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Unit of Directorate of Family Planning (DGFP) and Plan Bangladesh's Women and their Children's Health (WATCH) project funded by Department of Foreign Affairs Trade and Development (DFATD) Canada jointly organised the programme at a city hotel.
The minister said: "Bangladesh is a small country with huge population, so it is not easy for the government to ensure safe delivery unless the well established hospitals come forward to help deprived new mothers."
Suggesting the private hospitals to provide free treatments for a day in a week Nasim said: "We have already made noteworthy success in reducing child mortality and I'm confident we could be able to reach healthcare at every corner of the country with everyone's help."
State Minister for Health and Family Welfare Zahid Maleque highlighted the importance of government-NGO partnership for achieving the health sector targets including the improvement of mother and child's health.
Later, the Health Minister unveiled the 'Updated Union Health and Family Welfare Centre Operation Manual'.
Pvt hospitals urged to provide free treatment to poor mothers
FE Team | Published: June 09, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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