Staff Reporter:
Prime Minister’s Information Adviser Zahed Ur Rahman yesterday said the government is working re-lentlessly to ensure easy, modern and quality healthcare for the country’s people.
He said the government has already started implementing several important initiatives to decentralize healthcare sector and bring medical services at the doorsteps of the people.
He made the remarks while speaking at a press conference at the conference room of the Press Infor-mation Department (PID) at the Secretariat here.
Zahed Ur Rahman said the government is giving special importance to expanding medical facilities at the district and upazila levels to make the country’s healthcare system more effective and people-friendly.
He said Intensive Care Unit (ICU) services have recently been inaugurated in 10 district hospitals of the country.
Under a project, implemented by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and funded by the World Bank, modern medical equipment has been installed in hospitals, he added.
“We have not only launched ICUs, but also arranged special pediatric ventilators and oxygen concentra-tors for children in each unit,” the information adviser said.
“This is an important step in ensuring improved healthcare services at the district level,” he added.
The adviser said the government is considering the decentralization of healthcare sector with great im-portance.
Initiatives have already been taken to upgrade the upazila hospitals to 101 beds in phases, Zahed Ur Rahman said.
As a result, he said, the general people will not have to rush to the capital or divisional cities for treat-ment.
