Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday proposed allocating Tk36,863 crore for health sector in the budget for 2022-23 fiscal year.
Of them, the Health Services Division will get Tk29,282 crore and the Medical Education and Family Welfare Division will get Tk7,582 crore.
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has unveiled a Tk678,000 crore national budget for the 2022-2023 fiscal year.
In the current fiscal year 2021-22 the health sector allocation was Tk32,731 crore, which means the allocation has been increased almost 13%.
"Our government, under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has ensured special healthcare during the pandemic period as well as adopted a coronavirus vaccination system for all and thus saved Bangladesh from massive loss of lives", said the minister.
