Mismanagement in health dept.
Dr. Azizul Karim, Australia
Gross mismanagement is taking place in the health department. For example, according to a recent report, foreign currency worth Tk 4,000 crore is going to neighbouring countries every year due to mismanagement in the health department. Most of this money could be saved if treatment and investigations could be done in Bangladesh. Responsible people like doctors, health department officials and policy makers should be held accountable for this unnecessary loss. Putting VAT for specialists may not help consumers .Why specialists see ordinary patients should be the question. Indiscriminate use and abuse of antibiotics and steroid without prescription is another serious problem These are only the tip of the iceberg. There is no consumers' society who can talk in favour of poor and low middle class people, forming eighty percent of the consumers. So we need an up-to-date Health Policy. I strongly suggest that all the stakeholders of the health department and health service consumers' representatives meet and identify the loopholes and the solutions. Our health officials should be aware of health economics to save foreign currency.
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