Directive to close down illegal clinics and diagnostic centres

Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Samanta Lal Sen has directed officials concerned to close down all illegal health centres, including clinics, diagnostic centres in different parts of the country.

The health minister said this to newsmen after placing wreaths at the grave of his childhood friend Sheikh Kamal and other martyrs of August 15 at Banani graveyard on Wednesday afternoon.

“We will work to reach the health service to the village level. The work becomes easier if the quality doctors who are providing treatment at Dhaka Medical College are sent to the district-upazila hospitals. And if the facilities of the doctors are good, they will surely be interested in working at the district-upazila level. Overall, our goal is to work to improve the quality of health care for the people of the country and we will do that,” said the minister.

Badal, a childhood friend of Sheikh Kamal, and officials of the health ministry were present at the time.