3.0pc budgetary allocations needed for health sector, says Maleque

Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque said on Thursday the health sector needed 3.0 per cent budgetary allocation for ensuring improved healthcare services to the people, reports BSS.

"In the current budget, only one percent has been allocated for health sector, which is inadequate for increasing healthcare facilities to the people," he told a discussion at Osmani Memorial Hall marking International Day of the Midwife and International Nurses Day, an official release said.

Secretary of Health Services Department Md. Anwar Hossain Hawladar, Secretary of Health Education Department Md. Azizur Rahman, Director General of Family Planning Department Sahan Ara Banu and World Health Organization (WHO) representative Dr. Bardan Jung Rana, among others, addressed the discussion with Director General of Nursing and Midwife Directorate Maksura Noor in the chair.