Govt's pragmatic steps reduce child, maternal mortality rates, says PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Wednesday that the government had been able to reduce the child and maternal mortality rates along with poverty rate in the country through various pragmatic steps, reports BSS.

"We've established community clinics across the country to ensure the primary medicare facilities for the people. As a result, the child and maternal mortality rates have reduced," she said.

The Prime Minister made this remark when the management team of Sheikh Fazilatunnessa Mujib Memorial KPJ Specialised Hospital and Nursing College called on her at her official residence Ganabhaban in the capital.

President and Managing Director of KPJ Healthcare Berhad Chin Keat Chyuan led the team. Youth and Sports Minister Nazmul Hassan was present on the occasion.

PM's Speech Writer Md Nazrul Islam briefed reporters after the call-on.

The Prime Minister said that the Sheikh Fazilatunnessa Mujib Memorial KPJ Specialised Hospital was established at the industrial belt so that the workers and people of the area could get the medicare facilities easily.