No more pvt medical colleges: Dr Ruhal
The government would not give permission to open any new private medical college in the country, said Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr AFM Ruhal Huq.
He hoped that a sufficient number of physicians would come out from existing 22 public and 53 private medical colleges within two to three years. Now the population-doctor ratio is 3012:1, he mentioned.
The minister was speaking at a press briefing at his secretariat office yesterday ahead of the World Health Day to be observed on April 7 with a slogan “Ageing and Health.”
Asked how the government has given permission to open new private medical colleges without ensuring their infrastructure and teachers, he said the government would strictly monitor the private medical colleges to ensure quality education.
Ruhal Huq said the government has permitted to open a number of private medical colleges as the number of physicians is very insufficient compared to the total population.
With ageing, the elderly people fall victim to several chronic diseases, but the hospitals in the country lack proper support to them, he said adding that the government would introduce such facilities soon.
The minister suggested involvement of the elderly people in development work as well as creating suitable job and health care facilities in hospitals on priority basis and raising fund for them.
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