Days spent working in rural areas to be considered for govt officials' promotion: PM
Monday, 29 March 2010
The number of working days spent in the rural areas from now on will be considered as one of the major elements before government workers are considered for promotion in their jobs, reports UNB.
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina said this when a delegation of Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) led by its President Dr Mahmud Hasan and Secretary General Dr Sharfuddin Ahmed called on her at the Prime Minister's Office Sunday.
Hasina urged the country's doctors and others concerned in the health sector to give their best efforts to take quality medical services to the doorsteps of the common people, said Prime Minister's Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad.
"One of our government's major pledges to the people is to give them quality medical facilities. Implementation of this pledge largely depends on you," the PM said.
Hasina, during the meeting, further directed the authorities concerned to boost up government's activities over family planning affairs.
Regarding doctors' and other government officials' duties in the rural areas, the PM observed that there was a trend for the government officials to be posted inside the capital city.
"Then what will happen to the fate of our rural people who are major part of the population? We must ensure quality services to the people living in the rural areas," Hasina said.
She said that inspired by a project of government of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman after the liberation war of setting up a hospital with at least 10 beds at every union, the last Awami League government planned to set up 18,000 community health clinics across the country.
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina said this when a delegation of Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) led by its President Dr Mahmud Hasan and Secretary General Dr Sharfuddin Ahmed called on her at the Prime Minister's Office Sunday.
Hasina urged the country's doctors and others concerned in the health sector to give their best efforts to take quality medical services to the doorsteps of the common people, said Prime Minister's Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad.
"One of our government's major pledges to the people is to give them quality medical facilities. Implementation of this pledge largely depends on you," the PM said.
Hasina, during the meeting, further directed the authorities concerned to boost up government's activities over family planning affairs.
Regarding doctors' and other government officials' duties in the rural areas, the PM observed that there was a trend for the government officials to be posted inside the capital city.
"Then what will happen to the fate of our rural people who are major part of the population? We must ensure quality services to the people living in the rural areas," Hasina said.
She said that inspired by a project of government of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman after the liberation war of setting up a hospital with at least 10 beds at every union, the last Awami League government planned to set up 18,000 community health clinics across the country.