Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque on Thursday said the government has been working to digitalise the country's healthcare sector.
“The pandemic has shown us how important and effective online technology is. Realizing this, we (health sector) have taken initiative to digitalize the entire health sector. The paperwork has been prepared and handed over to the prime minister. Once approved, the official activities will begin,” said the minister.
He made the remark while addressing as the chief guest at the inauguration ceremony of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's mural and newly constructed ICU-2 at the National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital in Mohakhali, said a press release.
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Meanwhile, following the directions of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the local administrations of Faridpur, Bagerhat, Magura, Keraniganj, Thakurgaon, and Kurigram districts have shut at least 116 unregistered clinics, hospitals, and diagnostic centers on Sunday.
On May 26, DGHS directed the authorities concerned to close all unregistered clinics, private hospitals, and diagnostic centres across the country within 72 hours.
No clinic, private hospital and diagnostics center will be allowed to run their activities until they get a license, said the health authority.
