Health care centre opens

A primary health care centre under public-private partnership was inaugurated in the compound of Western Marine Shipyard at Kolagaon under Patiya upazila on bank of the Karnaphuli on Tuesday. State Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr Captain (Retd) Mozibur Rahman Fakir inaugurated the centre set up by the Shipyard to run in collaboration with the Ministry "Healthcare is a constitutional right of the citizens and the government is determined to fill 32,000 vacant posts in the health care sector within next few months” the state minister told the function. The centre would provide primary healthcare to 2500 workers and employees of Western Marine and around 26,000 people of the neighboring areas, sources said.