Dhaka-based health delivery system must be decentralised
Friday, 24 April 2009
Country's health system could not be improved substantially unless the Dhaka-based service delivery system is decentralised, Health Minister Dr AFM Ruhal Haque said Thursday, reports BSS.
"It has now become mandatory to decentralise major health services from capital Dhaka to district and local levels," he told journalists on the sidelines of a two-day national conference of neurosurgeons in the city.
Bangladesh Society of Neurosurgeons (BSN) organised the scientific conference, where Health Secretary Shaikh Altaf Ali, Vice Chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Prof Pran Gopal Datta, Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Shah Monir Hossain and General Secretary of BSN Prof Ehsan Mahmood spoke on the occasion.
Chaired by BSN President Prof Kanak Kanti Barua, the function was also addressed by leading neurosurgeon Prof Shafique Uddin Ahmed.
Ruhal Haque said the number of neurosurgeons in the country was very poor compared to the requirement in the vast community, who suffer from accidents and injuries. Steps should be taken to develop a good number of specialised physicians in the field through long-term training at home and abroad.
BSN sources said the country has only 80 qualified neurosurgeons, while 148 are expected to join the specialized field after their higher education in different institutes.
"It has now become mandatory to decentralise major health services from capital Dhaka to district and local levels," he told journalists on the sidelines of a two-day national conference of neurosurgeons in the city.
Bangladesh Society of Neurosurgeons (BSN) organised the scientific conference, where Health Secretary Shaikh Altaf Ali, Vice Chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Prof Pran Gopal Datta, Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Shah Monir Hossain and General Secretary of BSN Prof Ehsan Mahmood spoke on the occasion.
Chaired by BSN President Prof Kanak Kanti Barua, the function was also addressed by leading neurosurgeon Prof Shafique Uddin Ahmed.
Ruhal Haque said the number of neurosurgeons in the country was very poor compared to the requirement in the vast community, who suffer from accidents and injuries. Steps should be taken to develop a good number of specialised physicians in the field through long-term training at home and abroad.
BSN sources said the country has only 80 qualified neurosurgeons, while 148 are expected to join the specialized field after their higher education in different institutes.