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The government plans to install 10 dialysis machines at each district-level hospital and 50 machines at each medical college hospital across the country, Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Hossain has said.
He made the announcement at a seminar held at the National Heart Foundation in Dhaka to mark World Heart Day.
The minister alleged that the previous government had taken no significant steps to improve the country’s healthcare sector and that many machines procured during that period were unusable.
“Billions and trillions of taka were spent, but the expected results were not achieved,” he said.
Sakhawat Hossain said the government has allocated the highest-ever budget for the health sector this year, reflecting its increased priority to healthcare.
He also said the government has taken an initiative to upgrade all upazila health complexes from 50 beds to 151 beds.
The expansion is expected to increase healthcare capacity at the local level and help ease pressure on hospitals in Dhaka, he added.
