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E-healthcare system in clinics, hospitals soon

Health minister tells workshop

UNB, Dhaka
The government is working to launch electronic healthcare system in all community clinics, union hospitals, upazila health complexes and district sadar hospitals for quick dispensation of medicare to people from all walksof life.
"E-information of health system from the lowest level to the highest will be •launched,' said Health Minister Prof Dr AFM Ruhal Haque while addressing a workshop of the divisional health directors and the civil surgeons at the Institute of Public Health in the city yesterday.
The workshop tided implementation of digital health in government health system’ was organised by Management Information System (MIS) of the health directorate.
Health Secretary Sheikh Altaf Ali and Health Director General Prof Dr Shah Momr Hossain spoke on the occasion.
The health minister stressed the need for adequate computer literacy among the officials to fully digitalise the healthcare services.
'Everybody must be computer-literate,” he added.
Prof Haque said the e-healtli system is being launched in order to keep all district hospitals, upazila health com- plexes and union hospitals
attached with the ministries so that the command and information could be easily reached in a short time.
The minister said the launch of the e-health system would help quick exchange of information along with monitoring of these institutions easily from anywhere in the country.
"We ll demand updated information over the Internet so that we can be able to supervise these institutions easily,” he added.
Prof Haque said the civil surgeons would have to play important role in launching the e-heath system across the country and they must take the responsibility in this regard.
He said one community clinic functions for 6000 people, and all of them would be digitalised gradually.
“One laptop worth Tk 25000-30000 will be allocated for each community clinic where health data for 6000 people could be easily put in,” he added.
The minister asked the officials to check emails four times a day to remain always updated.
“Our aim is to bring a change in the health services to ensure healthcare for general people, ’ he said, adding that the government would solve the manpower
crisis in this sector within a few months through fresh recruitment.
There are some 7,000 Class 1 jobs vacant while some 4,000 posts at the entry level are needed to be filled up urgently," he told his army of senior physicians from across the country.
Prof Haque urged the civil surgeons to remain alert and take necessary preparations against swine flu which is found endemic in various countries.
“You have to be very, very observant about the incident of swine flu now found in 74 countries including India,” he said.
About Vitamin A Plus campaign, the minister said massive awareness programme would be taken by the government across the country before launching such a big campaign.
In his welcome address, MIS Director Prof Dr Abul Kalam Azad said Internet services remain functional at all district hospitals and upazila health complexes.
"All civil surgeons have been given a webcam for communication purpose and this webcam would beset up in all upazila health complexes during the next fiscal,” he said.
He also urged the civil surgeons to keep open the webcam so that the minister could easily find them on the camera to monitor their activities.