Health Minister Mohammed Nasim has come down heavily on high officials of the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) for providing lease of cattle markets around three hospitals in the Sher-E-Bangla Nagar in the capital.
“The administrator of the DNCC had done criminal offense providing the approval of setting up cattle markets near hospitals,” he said.
He urged the Ministry of Local Government and Cooperatives to take action against the administrator of the Dhaka North City Corporation.
He also termed the administrator as a criminal and nonsense person. A huge number of patients of three public hospitals located in the Sher-E-Bangla Nagar area have to suffer a lot because of the cattle markets before Eid, he said.
He made this remarks while addressing a press briefing at the conference hall of Health Ministry yesterday.
Expressing sorry to patients for their sufferings, he said: “I requested and even gave official letters to the concern officials not to give permission for setting up cattle markets near hospitals.
“I do not know in which interest he (administrator) gave permission of cattle markets.”
Asked about which action the ruling party Awami League will take against a Juba League leader, who had taken lease of a cattle market at Sher-E-Bangla Nagar, he said party would take decision in this regard.
There will be no cattle market in front of hospital next year, he said.
He also sought intervention of prime minister in this regard. Health Secretary MM Niazuddin, State Health Minister Zahid Malek and Director General Of Health Services Professor Dr Deen Mohammed Nurul Haque were present at the press conference.
