‘No failed student to get chance for medical admission’

BSS, Dhaka :
Health Minister Mohammad Nasim said those who failed in admission tests would not able to get enrolled in medical colleges. “How can I give them the chance to get admitted when they could not pass in admission tests? How can those who failed in exams would become doctors?” he said this on Thursday while speaking as the chief guest at a scientific conference in the city.Mirpur Kidney Foundation Hospital and Research Centre organized the conference marking its 10th founding anniversary.
Presided over by Kidney Foundation Chairman Prof Dr. Harun-ur-Rashid, the function was also addressed by National Professor MR Khan, Health Department Director General Prof Dr. Deen Mohammad Nurul Haq and Kidney Foundation Secretary General Prof. Dr. M Habibur Rahman, among others.
The health minister called for more private initiatives for development of health services in the country.
The government would extend cooperation, if more hospitals are opened in the private sector, he added.
Mohammad Nasim asked the private medical colleges to control their qualities and not to enroll students who failed in admission tests.
He said a draft law on kidney transplantation is going to be finalised soon and is expected to be passed in the next session of the parliament.
The healthy ministered condoled the killing of children by militants at a school in Pakistan and said Bangladesh is a country of peace in South Asia.
He expressed gratitude to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman for liberating the country from Pakistan.
Mohammad Nasim said the government of Sheikh Hasina has been able to eradicate militancy.