Health minister announces zero tolerance against corruption

Newly appointed Health Minister Samanta Lal Sen has announced zero tolerance against corruption, saying that it is a problem in the country’s health sector.

“I will try to ensure that healthcare services reach the doorstep of the public. Even in remote areas, individuals should have access to hospitals, easy medical services, and good doctors. I will try to arrange that. I will create an environment where doctors would want to stay in the small cities,” the minister said during a view exchange meeting with journalists on his first working day at the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday (January 14).

“I don’t want patients outside Dhaka to lie on the floor like they do in Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). I know there are many challenges as I have faced while upgrading a 5-bed burn unit to a 500-bed. This cannot be achieved overnight,” the health minister said.

He further said, “I would like to visit every hospital in the country to see for myself the problems they are actually facing. Afterwords, I will make a workplan on it.”