Dhaka: The health minister has reiterated that doctors should visit hospital wards in the evening regularly, in a move to ensure better healthcare in public hospitals.

An emergency meeting was convened in the ministry on Saturday to remind doctors of their evening rounds of check-up of the patients, reports BSS.

‘The government’s aim is to ensure medical treatment facilities to the poor. Evening round (of health check-up) has not yet been ensured in government hospitals. I want to ensure evening round in government hospitals. Today’s meeting has been convened to ensure the same,’ told Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim to reporters on his way to attending the meeting at the Secretariat in Dhaka.

Any slackness in regard to discharging of duties will not be tolerated, added the minister.

He warned the doctors of launching actions against them if any of them was found negligent in performing his/her duties of attending the patients.

The minister also mentioned of actions that had been taken against some doctors for negligence to their duties in accordance with the report of the monitoring team.

In reply to a question on allocation for the health sector in the proposed national budget, the minister said, ‘The budget is meant for ensuring healthcare facilities’.

State minister for Health Zahid Malek, health secretary Syed Manjurul Islam, director general of the health directorate Deen Md Nurul Huq were among others who attended the meeting.