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National Health Service Week being observed
DHAKA, April 17, 2019 (BSS) – The National Health Service Week is being
observed across the country in befitting manner.
The week is being observed aimed at creating awareness about the
importance of providing healthcare at the doorsteps of common people and
ensuring nutrition for all, which is vital for development, productivity and
economic growth.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the programme at Bangabandhu
International Conference Centre (BICC) in city’s Agargaon yesterday.
The premier, in her speech, called upon people concerned for
mainstreaming the traditional medicine through a renewed focus on the age-old
indigenous healthcare system alongside the conventional drugs.
The theme of the Week of this year is ‘Ensure Health Service Right:
Promise of Sheikh Hasina’ (Sasthyo Sheba Odhikar, Sheikh Hasinar Angikar).
At the inaugural ceremony, Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque expressed his optimism that the country would achieve the milestone
in the health sector within the shortest possible time under the dynamic
leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
“Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman included the
right of nutrition as a fundamental need and inducted it into the
constitution.” he said.
On the second day of the week, all hospitals are providing special health
services, including special outdoor services.
Health State Minister attended a programme on non-communicable diseases (NDCs)
at Jatiya Press Club in the city in the afternoon.
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) organised a discussion on “Ethics in Health Service” around 4 pm at its auditorium in city’s Shahbagh area.
A colorful rally was also brought out from Central Shaheed Minar that
ended at Institute of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB).
Apart from this, clean up campaign was held at every healthcare service
centre and documentaries on health service development were screened at every
medical educational institution across the country. The week would be
observed till April 20.
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