Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called for strengthening online medical services. At the same time, she also urged to improve the quality of medical technology faculty and medical service research.
The head of government made this call by participating the opening ceremony of the country’s first Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Super Specialized Hospital virtually from the Ganabhaban on Wednesday (September 14) in the morning.
She said that in digital Bangladesh, now medical services can be provided online. Therefore, the issue of providing medical services online should be strengthened. Then everyone will not have to rush to Dhaka. The initiative taken by the government to reach Upazila level through web camera from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital should be done better. Those who live outside Dhaka can easily get medical services digitally. Special attention should be paid to this.
The 13-storey Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Super Specialized Hospital built at a cost of Tk. 1300 crore has a two-storey basement. There are 14 state-of-the-art operation theatres, 100-bed ICU in various departments.
The emergency department has 100 beds, VVIP and VIP cabins, 25 deluxe beds. The hospital also has all the latest diagnostic facilities including X-ray, MRI and CT-scan. There are five specialized centers. Emergency Department, Cardiac Center, Liver and Kidney Transplant Unit and Maternal and Child Unit. And there is the latest robotic surgery.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina requested the doctors to devote themselves to the treatment of ordinary and poor patients in the inaugural speech and said that not everyone should stay in the capital. Now our communication system is good. Go to Upazila level. For this, doctors should be humane. And a patient is half cured by the good behavior of the doctor than by treatment. For this reason, patients should be treated well.
Referring to insufficient research in the health sector in the country, the Prime Minister said that our expert doctors should not only provide expert treatment. Further research is essential. More importance should be given to research. Excellence can never be achieved without research.
Health Minister Zahid Malek, Secretary of Health Education Department Md. Saiful Hasan Badal, secretary of health care department Dr. M. Anwar Hossain Howladar, BSMMU Vice Chancellor Prof. Sharfuddin Ahmed and others attended the opening ceremony at BSMMU.