PM says govt working on ‘health services for all’
March 6, 2010
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the government is working to reach the health services to the doorsteps of all people across the country.
Meanwhile, 6.82 lakh people in 400 upazilas have received health services through the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Trust. People in rural areas are now getting health services sitting at their houses as per the pledges of the grand alliance government, she said.
The premier said this while addressing a meeting at Sirajganj University College ground in the town around 10:30am through videoconferencing, reports our district correspondent.
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Trust, Shadhinota Chikitshak Parishad (Shachip) and Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) jointly arranged the programme.
She further said the government is working hard to implement a charter of change and make a digital Bangladesh, adding this videoconference is a better example of their digitisation activities.
The prime minister said the people who lost their homesteads and lands for the erosion of river Jamuna under Sirajganj district and its adjoining areas would be rehabilitated within a short time.
Besides, the workless people of the areas would get opportunity of jobs by rotation as per the government’s announcement.
Source: thedailystar.net
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