The Prime Minister ordered the opening of 6 children’s hospitals

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Prime Minister Tariq Rahman has ordered the opening of six hospitals in six districts of the country that have been lying unused for years. In an emergency meeting with the Ministry of Health on Sunday, he ordered the hospitals to open.

The press wing of the Prime Minister informed that in an emergency meeting, the Secretary of the Ministry of Health along with the concerned officials visited these hospitals and asked for a report on the implementation and progress of the directives by June 2.

The hospitals are Rajshahi Children’s Hospital, Khulna Divisional Children’s Hospital, Rangpur Children’s Hospital, Barisal Children’s Hospital, Comilla Children’s Hospital and Sylhet District Hospital.

Minister of Health and Family Welfare Sardar Md. was present in the meeting. Sakhawat Hossain, State Minister Dr. MA Muhit, Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Kamruzzaman Chowdhury along with top officials of the ministry.

On April 12, Prothom Alo published a report titled ‘6 children’s hospital buildings are lying at a cost of 320 crores’. It is said in that report that even though the construction work of these six hospitals has been completed, due to lack of manpower, furniture, medical equipment and money allocation, no institution of health department other than Rangpur is showing interest in taking over the building. The disused infrastructure is collapsing, and thefts are taking place in several buildings.

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The Prime Minister’s Press Wing informed that the report published in Prothom Alo has been seen by the Honorable Prime Minister Tariq Rahman.

It was informed in the meeting that the Kushtia Medical College Hospital is partially operational. In this case, the Prime Minister ordered the full operation of this 500-bed hospital. Besides, he directed the concerned persons to take steps to speedily open other hospitals including Super Specialized Hospital under Bangladesh Medical University in Shahbagh of the capital.

Apart from this, instructions were given in the meeting to speed up the work of Bangladesh-China Friendship Hospital with 1000 beds in Nilphamari by involving the Chinese Embassy through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This hospital will be built in Nilphamari Sadar Upazila.