Govt working to set up one-stop emergency centres at all public hospitals: Zahid Maleque

The government is working to introduce one-stop emergency centres at all public hospitals across the country to bring dynamism to the health service sector, Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque has said.

“We introduced the one-stop emergency centre at Dhaka Medical College Hospital earlier and today (Monday) we kicked off the service at Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital. And, we will launch the services at all public hospitals across the country gradually,” the minister said.

In his chief guest speech, while inaugurating the one-stop emergency centre at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital in Dhaka on Monday. Maleque said, from now on patients will get all kinds of medical services from the centre on an emergency basis.

To accelerate treatment facilities for the people, more than 850 beds have been added to the hospital after the completion of its upward expansion with many facilities including test, IUC and SDU, said the health minister.

From now on, no patient will need to lay on the floor for receiving treatment at the hospital, the minister expressed his optimism.

About the upward expansion activities, Maleque said the government has invested Tk 92 crore and arranged 75 square feet of space for accelerating the treatment facilities by setting up 12 operation theatres at the hospital.

Calling upon the doctors and nurses of the hospital, he said all the government’s efforts will go in vain if the concerned people do not work imbued with professionalism from their respective positions.

He also asked the staff including doctors not to send patients to any private hospital or clinic for better treatment. It will be an immoral job if it is done, added the minister.