The Bangladesh Institute of Health Management (BIHM) in Savar, long left neglected, will formally start work on 1 January. Repairs are to be finished by 31 December, after which it will train doctors in administration.
State minister for health and family welfare Dr M A Muhit made the announcement after inspecting the institute's buildings at noon on Saturday, 31 October. He said it would be turned into a national centre that trains doctors to be capable administrators.
During the visit, local representatives, the health secretary, Public Works Department engineers and other officials met in the institute's conference room. They decided that within two weeks a joint team from the health ministry, the Directorate General of Health Services and Public Works would visit the site and draw up an inventory of damaged or stolen equipment.
Public Works will also arrange office space for staff and restore the electricity sub-station within a day or two, the meeting was told.
Dewan Mohammad Salauddin, MP for Dhaka-19 (Savar), health and family welfare secretary Dr A N M Bazlur Rashid and Professor Dr Foara Tasnim, additional director general of the Directorate General of Health Services, were also present.
Reporting: Samakal.
Source: Samakal
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