Revitalisation of Community Health Care Initiative in Bangladesh project director Makhduma Nargis on Saturday asked for developing a 'strong referral system' by networking the community clinics across the country to reduce the rush of patients at district hospitals and ensure better treatment.
Speaking at a news conference called by the Community Clinic Revitalisation Project at its office in the city she said that unless it was done the very purpose of opening the community clinics would otherwise.
She said that the formalities had almost been finalised for appointing 13,500 community health care providers.
Now, she said, the civil surgeons would make the appointments.
Nargis requested the officials of health directorate and family planning directorate to support the clinics to be run by the two directorates.
She said that a plan had been finalised under which the health service and the family planning directorate would jointly train the community clinic health care providers.
Nargis said that under a1 memorandum of understanding signed some NGOs would support the project.
Society for Empowerment, Education and Development would run a six year project in 36 upazilas in six districts, SEED programme director AN Zafar Ullah said.
He said that SEED would hold studies to identify the health care needs of the people in the select localities.
He said that SEED would also provide training to the health workers and community representatives.
Among others, Barendra Nath Mandal, additional project director of RCHCIC spoke.
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