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Privatisation of public hospitals runs counter to the constitution which obliges the state to provide health care for all its citizens and which recognises healthcare as a right, Health Rights Forum leaders said. This move is also not within the purview or mandate of the interim government, said the health rights organisation leaders at a news briefing in Dhaka on Saturday.
The forum called on the government to stop the process of privatisation under the guise of giving them autonomy and introducing the provision for fees.
They demanded revision of the health policy to provide modern healthcare facilities for people.
Journalist Kamal Lohani read out a statement demanding investigation of corruption or irregularities in the projects, funded by international financial institutions.
The statement criticised the government decision to accept the prescriptions of the lending agencies although it contradicted the constitution and despite the fact that there were imitable examples of government-run health care across the world.
The statement also demanded that the government should take steps to revive and ensure better healthcare services in government hospitals and enact appropriate laws to ensure the accountability of private medical facilities.
The Doctors for Health and Environment president, Rashid-E-Mahbub, Nitai Das of the Health Rights Movement and Save the Environment Movement convener Abu Naser Khan spoke at the briefing.
Rashid said the government had begun to privatise public hospitals when it should have, instead, improved services in such places.
Rashid also said only 10 to 15 per cent of the people now have access to government healthcare services and the hospital autonomy move will further reduce the number.
Kamal said the move would not address the woes of the common people that there are not enough medicines, quality treatment or diagnosis facilities. It will, in fact, worsen the situation and impede people's access to health care, he said.
The forum called on human rights activists, economists, intellectuals, doctors, health
workers, cultural activists and media professionals to come forward to protect the public health sector and other public enterprises.
The forum called on the government to stop the process of privatisation under the guise of giving them autonomy and introducing the provision for fees.
They demanded revision of the health policy to provide modern healthcare facilities for people.
Journalist Kamal Lohani read out a statement demanding investigation of corruption or irregularities in the projects, funded by international financial institutions.
The statement criticised the government decision to accept the prescriptions of the lending agencies although it contradicted the constitution and despite the fact that there were imitable examples of government-run health care across the world.
The statement also demanded that the government should take steps to revive and ensure better healthcare services in government hospitals and enact appropriate laws to ensure the accountability of private medical facilities.
The Doctors for Health and Environment president, Rashid-E-Mahbub, Nitai Das of the Health Rights Movement and Save the Environment Movement convener Abu Naser Khan spoke at the briefing.
Rashid said the government had begun to privatise public hospitals when it should have, instead, improved services in such places.
Rashid also said only 10 to 15 per cent of the people now have access to government healthcare services and the hospital autonomy move will further reduce the number.
Kamal said the move would not address the woes of the common people that there are not enough medicines, quality treatment or diagnosis facilities. It will, in fact, worsen the situation and impede people's access to health care, he said.
The forum called on human rights activists, economists, intellectuals, doctors, health
workers, cultural activists and media professionals to come forward to protect the public health sector and other public enterprises.
Syed Siful Alam Shovan
shovan1209@yahoo.com
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