A legal notice has been served on the concerned government offices to supply enough oxygen to hospitals across the country and to control the price of medicine.
Supreme Court lawyer Adv Md Moniruzzaman Lincon sent the legal notice to four government offices via email on Wednesday.
The notice also requested the offices to take necessary actions against the people who are responsible for creating an artificial crisis by stopping the supply of oxygen and medicine during the ongoing pandemic in the country.
The notice was sent to the secretary of the health ministry, director-general of Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA), Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP), and Bangladesh Standards & Testing Institution (BSTI).
Bangladesh has been struggling with treating Covid-19 patients due to a poor oxygen management system as well as a huge shortage of oxygen, together with problems related to supply of equipment at public hospitals across the country.
The situation is going to worsen if the government fails to increase the supply of oxygen and streamline the management system, according to recent findings by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, at a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) last week, ordered authorities to purchase equipment to ensure and enhance ventilation facilities and oxygen supply mechanisms, and to set up Intensive Care Units at all district hospitals to battle the Covid-19 pandemic.
