Doctors in 83 public hospitals will be able to run private practice after office hours at their institutions from March as Bangladesh government looks to get more use out of the existing healthcare infrastructure.
A study done across 11 tertiary level hospitals in the country by icddr,b and the Directorate General of Health Services found that none of the hospitals conduct surveillance for hospital-acquired infections.
Drugs that used to successfully fight diseases are gradually becoming ineffective due to decades of malpractice: intake of over-prescribed or self-prescribed medicines.
The government has approved a project to set up medical waste management infrastructure in 15 public hospitals, with a view to making the facilities safe, clean and infection-free environments, as well as protect the environment from the hazardous waste.