News Desk :
Expressing deep concern and dismay over the new move of the health ministry, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Tuesday said the ministry’s circular restricting publication of any public hospital’s information will accelerate the corruption in the health sector.
On Sunday, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issued a circular imposing an embargo of publishing public hospital’s information without the consent from the authorities concerned. “The move imposed an embargo when any organisations or people will go to any hospital to collect information for their research works, surveys or any other purposes,” TIB Executive Director Dr Ifftekharuzzaman said in a statement.
He said, “This is totally unthinkable. The move is an outcome of the health ministry’s colonial and repressive mindset. It will create a bar for the free flow of information access and will go against the legal rights of citizens of the country guaranteed by the government.” The move not only disrupt all kind of health-related research and publication of free flow of information but it also accelerates irregularities, corruption, misappropriation of government property and extravagances, the statement reads.
