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DAY-CLINICS-RANGPUR (with picture)
Community clinics ensuring health services to rural people: Experts
RANGPUR, Apr 28, 2019 (BSS) – Health experts at a discussion today said
community clinics are ensuring essential health services to rural people
earning their solid confidence in last ten years.
They were addressing the post-rally discussion arranged in observance of
the Community Clinic Establishment Day- 2019 at conference room of the Civil
Surgeon in the city.
The divisional health administration organised the rally and discussion
with assistance of Community Clinic Health Assistance Trust of Community
Based Heath Care of the Directorate of Health under the Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare.
District Council Chairman Advocate Chhafia Khanom attended the discussion
as the chief guest with Divisional Director (Health) Dr Amal Krishna Saha in
the chair.
Divisional Detector of the Department of Family Planning Md Mahbub Alam
and Panel Mayor of Rangpur City Mahmudur Rahman Titu addressed as special
guests.
Civil Surgeon Dr Abu Md Zakirul Islam, Deputy Civil Surgeon Dr Kaniz
Sabiha and Medical Officer Dr Imran Mian spoke.
Earlier, health officials, members of community clinic managing committees
(CCMCs), Community Health Care Providers (CHCPs) and civil society members
participated in the rally that paraded city streets.
The Civil Surgeon discussed the epoch-making community clinic vision of
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for reaching health services to rural people of
all ages at their doorsteps.
“The 309 community clinics provided treatments and medicines to 22-lakh
people, including under-five babies, children, adolescents, pregnant women,
men and women in 2018 in the district last year and the number would increase
this year,” he said.
The Community Skilled Birth Attendants, who are also CHCPs, conducted safe
delivery of over 600 pregnant mothers at 48 community clinics of the district
till last year earning solid confidence of the rural people of the district,
he added.
Dr Saha said community clinics are also providing services on maternal and
neonatal healthcare, childhood illness, reproductive health, family planning,
nutritional education, micro-nutrient supplements and establishing referral
linkage with higher facilities.
“The community clinics have won confidence of rural people by reaching
necessary health services to their doorsteps and making them satisfied with
free health services and medicines,” Dr Saha added.
The chief guest called upon CHCPs, health volunteers and assistants for
reaching health services to rural people at community clinics to achieve the
sustainable development goals on way to build a healthier and prosperous
nation.
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