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JS body for formulating law to regulate diagnostic labs

Monday, 17 May 2010


Parliamentary standing committee on the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Sunday made recommendations to formulate a specific law for regulating all diagnostic centres and pathological laboratories, reports BSS.
Standing Committee Chairman Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim presided over the meeting held at the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Bhaban in the city.
Committee members State Minister for Health and Family Welfare Majibur Rahman Fakir, Mohammad Amanullah, Prof Dr MA Mannan, Matiur Rahman, Nazmul Hasan, Murad Hasan and ZIM Mostafa Ali were present.
The meeting had an elaborate discussion on formulating policies on private medical colleges and emphasised the need for bringing all medical colleges under the jurisdiction of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).
It formed a three-member sub-committee to give recommendations on policies to set up private medical colleges.
Besides, another sub-committee was also formed to find out reasons behind repeated foreign tours by the officers of the Health Ministry and the sources of its funding.