Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md. Sakhawat Hossain made a surprise visit to the 50-bed Upazila Health Complex in Kalkini, Madaripur. During the inspection, not finding the Upazila Health and Family Planning Officer (UHFPO) at the workplace on time, he waited on the hospital premises and ordered the transfer of two nurses for negligence of duty. He also stated that disciplinary actions would be taken against the UHFPO and several doctors for arriving late.
Speaking to journalists, the Health Minister said that due to the plundering and laundering of public money during the last 17 years of the Awami League government, the health sector had reached a pathetic state, creating severe crises in manpower, vaccines, and medicines. He added that no new private hospitals or clinics will be allowed to be set up within one kilometer of government hospitals, and district commissioners have been instructed to stop the menace of brokers in hospitals.
Later, the minister inspected the 250-bed Madaripur District Hospital. Madaripur-2 MP Md. Jahandar Ali Mia, Deputy Commissioner Morzina Akhter, and Police Superintendent Md. Fazle Elahi, among other relevant officials, were present during the visit.
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