Law soon to regulate pvt medical colleges

The government is actively considering enacting a law to force the private medical colleges to fulfill their conditions in a bid to ensure quality medical education. Health Minister Mohammad Nasim, who after assuming office talking tough against errant doctors, made the disclosure in an interview with UNB on Thursday at his secretariat office. “We’ve a policy to run the private medical colleges. But, many private medical colleges don’t comply with it. Even many others don’t have adequate structures, good faculty members as well as hospitals. So, we need to enact a law. No medical college will get government approval if doesn’t meet the required conditions,” he said. Nasim, also the presidium member of the ruling Awami League, said the main aim of a medical college is to provide service. “If an institution focuses on business, service doesn’t get the due attention, though that’s the priority. Business should also be service-oriented one.” “There are some people who want to do business in every sector. RMG sector businessmen, fish exporters also can take licenses for setting up medical colleges. “If they want to set up good hospitals, good schools that’s fine, but they have to abide by the related laws,” said the new Health Minister, according to a news agency.