Despite having modern buildings, expensive medical equipment, beds and generators, four 10-bed Mother and Child Welfare Centres in Jhenaidah remain largely non-functional eight years after their inauguration due to a shortage of doctors. Established in Shailkupa, Jhenaidah Sadar and Kaliganj, the centres fail to provide maternal and neonatal care to rural communities.
Public infrastructure built with crores of taka is deteriorating while pregnant women from disadvantaged families are forced to travel to distant hospitals for emergency care. Local resident Rafiqul Islam urged authorities to appoint doctors without delay.
Jhenaidah Family Planning Office Deputy Director Mohammad Mozammel Karim stated that recommendations have been sent to higher authorities to appoint two doctors for each centre to resume regular operations.
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