Six 100-bed hospitals to be built for workers, announces prime minister
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has announced that six specialised 100-bed hospitals will be built in the country's major industrial zones to ensure proper medical care for working people.
He made the announcement on Monday (9 November) while answering an unscheduled question on the first day of the fourth session of the national parliament. The session was presided over by Speaker Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed Bir Bikram.
The prime minister was responding to a question raised on a point of order by BNP lawmaker Advocate Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas.
The prime minister said the government has taken a plan to build a total of six hospitals with 100 beds each for the medical care of workers. Initially, the hospitals will be built in six places — Tongi, Ashulia, Kaliakoir, Narayanganj, Savar and Chattogram.
He said the hospitals will provide medical services only to workers. They will be named in such a way that it is clear they are meant for workers.
Earlier, strongly criticising the previous government, the prime minister said that for more than a decade the country's energy system had been made dependent on foreign sources. Instead of using the country's mineral resources in the interest of its people, everything had been made import-dependent.
He said policies were adopted without developing industry, as a result of which Bangladesh's industry could not grow naturally.
On the health sector, the prime minister said the healthcare system had been destroyed little by little during the previous period. In particular, the healthcare available to rural people during democratic governments was also destroyed. By destroying the healthcare system in this way, people of Bangladesh were forced to seek treatment in one particular country.
Stating that the present government works for the welfare of the people, the prime minister said it is a government elected by the people of Bangladesh. The present government is working for people of every class and profession in the country, and these hospitals will be built as part of that effort to ensure proper treatment for workers.
