UNB, Dhaka :Stressing the importance of providing world-class healthcare facilities in the country, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government is working to that end so that people do not have t go abroad.”A section of people go abroad for their medical treatment…I’ve no objection if the rich people go, but I don’t believe the same standard of treatment is not possible to provide in the country,” she said.The Prime Minister said this at a programme after laying the foundation stone of Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery at Chankharpool in the capital. She said the country’s physicians are very much brilliant and they just need the scope to perform their duties. “We’re working to ensure medicare facilities for the country’s people.” Talking about the Burn Institute, the Prime Minister said it will be a centre of excellence for burn and plastic surgery treatment, and reiterated her commitment to establish separate burn and plastic surgery unit at every medical college hospital across the country.She said, the government has taken all necessary measures to set up Chittagong and Rajshahi Medical Universities for creating scope for higher education and research in the medical sector, and these will be for research only postgraduate students. The Prime Minister said web cameras will be set up at every hospital up to upazila level to consult expert physicians of renowned hospitals at home and abroad about complicated diseases.She also laid emphasis on waste management of all government and private medical colleges and asked all concerned to make sure their wastes do not cause harm to public health. Chaired by Health Secretary Syed Monjurul Islam, the programme was also addressed by Health Minister Mohammad Nasim, State Minister for Health Zahid Maleque, Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sayeed Khokan, Army Chief Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq and project director Dr Samanta Lal Sen.
