Prime Minister Announces Construction of Six Hospitals for Workers

The government has planned to build six 100 bed hospitals in six industrial zones to ensure medical care for workers. The hospitals will first be built in Tongi, Ashulia, Kaliakair, Narayanganj, Savar and Chattogram. These hospitals will treat only workers.

Prime Minister Mr. Tarique Rahman shared the plan on Monday (9 November), the first day of the fourth session of the 13th National Parliament. He was replying to an unscheduled question from lawmaker Mr. Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas.

Deputy Speaker Barrister Mr. Kaiser Kamal presided over the session. The Prime Minister said the lawmaker had raised an important issue about medical care for workers. He said the government has already planned to build six hospitals of 100 beds each to make sure working people get good treatment.

He said, “We will first build one 100 bed hospital each in the main industrial zones of Bangladesh, such as Tongi, Ashulia, Kaliakair, Narayanganj, Savar and Chattogram. These hospitals will serve only our worker brothers.”

The Prime Minister said the present government is working for people of every class and profession in the country. Ensuring medical care for workers is part of this effort.

Earlier, describing the state of the energy, industry and health sectors, the Prime Minister said the energy system was made dependent on imports during the past autocratic rule. The country’s mineral resources were not used properly, and reliance on imports grew. In the same way, the growth of industry was held back.

He also said the health system, especially medical care for rural people, was slowly destroyed during that time. He said the situation was created so that people of Bangladesh would be forced to go to one particular country for treatment.