Health minister’s surprise visit to Phulpur health complex: nurse transferred for negligence, four absent doctors docked a day’s pay
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Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Hossain has ordered the transfer of a nurse for negligence of duty. He took the action during an unannounced visit to the Phulpur Upazila Health Complex in Mymensingh.
The health minister also ordered that one day’s pay be deducted from four doctors there for being absent from the workplace without permission.
The minister spoke to journalists after completing the visit today, Saturday. He said the government is working to take the country’s health sector to a level where people’s expectations are met and they are satisfied, and that this work is being carried out in line with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s directives.
According to the minister, the government has taken various initiatives to solve long-standing problems in the health sector. Cleanliness work in hospitals is being stepped up, while the supply of medicines has been increased and adequate stocks of saline have been ensured. He expressed hope that noticeable progress in the health sector would be visible within a few months.
Sardar Md Sakhawat Hossain said there are plans to invite tenders worth several thousand crore taka within the next 15 days to reorganise and advance the health sector. The money will be spent on developing upazila health complexes and various other healthcare facilities across the country.
He said an initiative is also being taken to set up modern pathology labs in upazila-level hospitals to further expand access to diagnosis in remote areas.
After Phulpur, the health minister also made a surprise visit to the neighbouring Tarakanda Upazila Health Complex.
Background
The health minister has made similar surprise visits before. According to a report by The Daily Star Bangla on 25 July, he visited the Morrelganj and Sharankhola upazila health complexes and the 250-bed Bagerhat Sadar Hospital in Bagerhat, where medicines were found stored in an abandoned building and a toilet.
The same report said the minister had promised to invite tenders to upgrade the Morrelganj Upazila Health Complex from 50 beds to 101 beds.
Sources
Background source: The Daily Star Bangla, 25 July 2026
