Create skilled manpower for accurate diagnosis of patients: PM

Putting emphasis on providing better services to the patients, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina directed the authorities concerned to create skilled manpower for operating diagnostic machines properly.

"We some time see that a big mistake is made while diagnosing the patients. Though the equipment is developed, there is a lack of skilled manpower to run these machines," she said while inaugurating the National Institute of Advanced Nursing Education and Research (NIANER) at Mugda in the capital on Saturday. Reports BSS.

Sheikh Hasina said there is a necessity to create skilled manpower to operate the modern machines for conducting accurate diagnosis of the patients.

"Take initiatives and tell us that what steps we will have to take. We will provide all supports that are necessary...there will be no problem," she assured.


The Prime Minister said when a person falls sick, he or she has to go Singapore, Thailand or India. "If those countries can provide better treatment, why we cannot...this question is raised repeatedly in my mind and the issue will have to be addressed," she said.

"We will have to provide quality health services to the people and earn that capability and expertise," she added.

The Prime Minister also called for improving medical waste management system asking the authorities concerned, particularly private hospitals, to give attention to this end.

"The system is yet to be developed in the country and the authorities will have to give special attention to this end ...otherwise diseases will continue to spread," she said. Acknowledging the lack of doctors and nurses in comparison to the patients in the country, Sheikh Hasina urged doctors to have patience while providing treatment to the people.

"You'll have patience. It's normal that your temperament will be bad if you do private practice at night after doing the government job," she said.

In this connection, she reminded the physicians and nurses that the attitude of giving services to the people is the biggest matter.

"A patient can be cured a half if he or she gets proper behavior from the doctors and nurses, and their sincerity and responsibility are very important to this end," she said.

Sheikh Hasina suggested the nurses to uphold their ideology through their personal and professional behavior alongside providing better services.

"I hope that you'll acquire tactics of giving better services to the patients and like that you'll uphold the ideology of great nursing profession through personal and professional behavior," she said.

Describing the nursing as an integral part of healthcare services, the Prime Minister said this service should be a world standard one. "From this philosophy, during my South Korea visit in 2010, I requested its President to cooperate Bangladesh for the development of nursing education and services," she said.

Responding to the request, she said, the Korean government completed the construction work of the NIANER through the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) for the development of the nursing education in Bangladesh.

Sheikh Hasina said the Masters in Nursing and research course in various subjects have been introduced in the institute since January 2016. "For this, I extend my heartfelt thanks to the Korean government and the KOICA," she said.

The Prime Minister expressed her belief that the nursing education and the quality of services in Bangladesh will be improved at the international level through the institute.

Health Minister Mohammad Nasim, State Minister for Health Zahid Malek, Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Textiles and Jute Saber Hossain Chowdhury, KOICA Vice-President Kyunghoon Sul, Director General of South Asia and Pacific Affairs Bureau of KOICA Yo Young King spoke on the occasion.

Secretary of the Health Services Division under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Md Sirajul Haque Khan delivered the welcome address.
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