Shortage of human resources in coastal district clinics: CPD
There is shortage of skilled human resources at community clinics and health centres in the country’s coastal region, speakers told a dialogue in Barguna yesterday.
The event, titled “Healthcare in the Coastal Areas: The Effectiveness of Public Service Delivery” was organised by Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) and Oxfam, in association with Jago Nari, under a project supported by European Union (EU), said a press release.
Senior research fellow of CPD Towfiqul Islam Khan said the number of government-appointed doctors is inadequate for the population of Barguna.
As it is a coastal district, most government-assigned physicians are unwilling to stay there. About 15.3 percent of women in Barguna conceive before the age of 18 and infant mortality is about 27 per 1,000 live births, he added.
Barguna deputy commissioner Mustain Billah, civil surgeon Dr Md Humayun Shaheen Khan, chief executive of Jago Nari Hosne Ara Hasi, and programme manager at Oxfam Dr Khalid Hossain spoke at the event, chaired by Prof Mustafizur Rahman, distinguished fellow of CPD.
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