NITOR to get Tk 50cr for development

Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain has announced an allocation of Tk 50 crore for the development of the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (NITOR).

The tender process for the development work will begin by December, he said during a visit to the institute in Dhaka on Monday.

During the visit, the minister inaugurated an intensive care unit (ICU), a new post-operative ward, an e-ticketing system for outdoor services, a QR code-based system and an expanded automation framework.

He said doctors at hospitals across the country were working with a renewed spirit of innovation. The government would take all necessary steps to ensure that physicians could perform their duties with integrity, while maintaining a zero-tolerance policy towards corruption.

Sakhawat also urged doctors and other medical staff to treat patients with greater care and patience.
He said the government was working to overhaul the country’s healthcare system and remained committed to providing the necessary funding to improve health services.