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Sheikh Hasina said Bangabandhu had elevated the status of a physician to first class from second class. Bangabandhu also introduced many higher medical institutions and courses within a very short time. The rulers after his brutal killing did nothing for further development of the healthcare services.
She said the first medical university was established by her government in 1996 with the aim to create competent physicians and technicians in different fields of medical science.
The government has established institutes for treatment of kidney, cancer and diseases of the nerves, ENT and eye, burn injuries and for plastic surgery. They were also aimed at producing post graduate nurses to provide high quality nursing services.
The prime minister said three more medical universities are being constructed in the country while 42 government and 69 private medical colleges were established in addition to 28 public and private dental colleges.
All upazila health complexes were upgraded to 50-bed hospitals while 100-bed district hospitals were turned into 250-bed and 500-bed on the basis of the need of the local people, she said.
People are getting healthcare services from around 18,500 community clinics and Union health centers across the country while 30 types of medicines are being distributed for free. Bangladesh’s success in reducing the maternal and child mortality rate was acclaimed by the global community, she said.
The prime minister said her government has formulated the National Health Policy and National Drug Policy along with enactment of the human limb replacement act. A total of 12,000 doctors were recruited and more remained under the process of recruitment so that people get medical services from the government hospitals.
“We have tried to make the medicate services time befitting to keep pace with the world,” she said adding that if necessary, steps would be taken for training of the doctors, technicians and nurses by foreign experts.
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