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Awami League gives highest priority to health sector: Prime Minister

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  • 25 November, 2022 22:38:09

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News Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the Awami League government always gives the highest priority to the development of the health sector. He said this in a speech given on Friday (November 25) on the occasion of the 18th Annual Conference and Scientific Seminar 2022 to be held on November 26 and 27. Sheikh Hasina said Bangabandhu took all-out initiatives to provide free and accessible healthcare to the grassroots people of the country. He said, during the period 1996-2001, the Awami League government established community clinics in every village. BNP came to power in 2001 and closed the community clinic. As a result, the people of the village are deprived of health care. The Prime Minister said that according to the election manifesto, we have implemented extensive programs for the development of the health sector in the last 14 years. He said, so far we have opened about 18,500 community clinics and union health centers, where 30 types of medicines are being given free of charge. The Chief Minister said that the Awami League government has formulated the 'National Health Policy-2011' and has started the implementation of the eighth five-year plan with the priority of achieving 'universal health care'. Sheikh Hasina said the government has set up new hospitals and medical centers across the country, where kidney disease, diabetes and high blood pressure can be checked in the early stages and proper treatment can be provided to prevent complications. He further said, considering the burden that dialysis creates on people, we have established a public-private partnership to treat kidney failure through dialysis. We have also taken all necessary measures to initiate kidney transplantation of the deceased. Source: Bass

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