BSS, Dhaka :
Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim said the government will construct 36 community clinics to ensure healthcare facilities in haor areas.
“We are expecting that the construction work will be completed by June next year,” he said this on Thursday while speaking at a function held on the occasion of signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the conference room of his ministry here.
Supervisor Engineer of Directorate of Health Engineering Amwar Ali and Director of Partner in Development Division Dr Mohammad Nazrul Islam signed the MoU on behalf of their respective organizations.
State Minister for Health and Family Welfare Zahid Maleque, Director General of Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS) and senior officials of the ministry, among others, were present on the occasion. Indian government will provide Taka 9 crore as grant for the construction of the community clinics.
Nasim said, “Community clinic project is an important outcome of visionary leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. BNP-Jamaat alliance government shut down community clinics as part of their revengeful politics.” “After assuming power, the Awami League government reopened community clinics. Now the community clinics have become a role model for healthcare services in the world,” he added.
There are 14,000 community clinics in the country, Nasim said, adding the government has taken initiatives to set up 4,000 community clinics by 2018 aiming to bring rural population under healthcare coverage.
Nasim said, “India is a tested friend of Bangladesh. They have extended financial supports to Bangladesh for the construction of community clinics to further improve healthcare services in the country.” The community clinics will significantly help ensure universal healthcare coverage for all by 2030, he added.
Nasim said delivery services for pregnant mothers are now available at community clinics.
“Community clinics are playing an important role in providing healthcare facilities for mothers and their children. Laptops have been given at all community clinics for improving its service quality,” he added.
Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim said the government will construct 36 community clinics to ensure healthcare facilities in haor areas.
“We are expecting that the construction work will be completed by June next year,” he said this on Thursday while speaking at a function held on the occasion of signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the conference room of his ministry here.
Supervisor Engineer of Directorate of Health Engineering Amwar Ali and Director of Partner in Development Division Dr Mohammad Nazrul Islam signed the MoU on behalf of their respective organizations.
State Minister for Health and Family Welfare Zahid Maleque, Director General of Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS) and senior officials of the ministry, among others, were present on the occasion. Indian government will provide Taka 9 crore as grant for the construction of the community clinics.
Nasim said, “Community clinic project is an important outcome of visionary leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. BNP-Jamaat alliance government shut down community clinics as part of their revengeful politics.” “After assuming power, the Awami League government reopened community clinics. Now the community clinics have become a role model for healthcare services in the world,” he added.
There are 14,000 community clinics in the country, Nasim said, adding the government has taken initiatives to set up 4,000 community clinics by 2018 aiming to bring rural population under healthcare coverage.
Nasim said, “India is a tested friend of Bangladesh. They have extended financial supports to Bangladesh for the construction of community clinics to further improve healthcare services in the country.” The community clinics will significantly help ensure universal healthcare coverage for all by 2030, he added.
Nasim said delivery services for pregnant mothers are now available at community clinics.
“Community clinics are playing an important role in providing healthcare facilities for mothers and their children. Laptops have been given at all community clinics for improving its service quality,” he added.
