‘I did not press, the Prime Minister sat down’

Not by lobbying, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has appointed him as Director General of the Department of Health, said the Director General of the Department of Health, Prof. Dr. Abul Basar Mohammad Khurshid Alam. On Sunday (October 18) in a hotel in the capital organized by the Bangladesh Society of Surgeons in the context of the role of surgeons in the Covid-19 epidemic in the context of Bangladesh, the Director General of the Department of Health. Abul Basar Mohammad Khurshid Alam said this.
Before the director general’s speech, the former director general of the department, Prof. Abul Kalam Azad and the former health secretary Asadul Islam were criticized at the seminar. Member of the Parliamentary Health Commission. In his speech, MA Aziz MP said that Corona had made many proposals to prevent the crown at the beginning of the committee meeting, but the then Director General and Secretary of the Department of Health did not take them into account. Although they are no longer here, it would be nice to have them.
Asadul Islam, secretary of the ministry, was transferred to the post of secretary of the planning commission on June 4 amid the Kovid epidemic, and Professor Abul Kalam Azad, director general of the department, resigned on July 21 for personal reasons. . Later, on July 23, the government appointed Professor Abul Basar Mohammad Khurshid Alam as director general of the health department.
The director general of the health department said later in his speech that the administration is taking the place of the doctors, we have to be aware of that, we have to resist. I would like to say one more thing, I have not pressed for this position (CEO). The Prime Minister himself chose me for this position, I did not come to stay here. I am fulfilling the responsibility that has been given to me, the instruction that has been given to me. And with that, I will leave at the appointed time.
“I have come to implement the prime minister’s directives,” he added. I’ll stay as long as he (the prime minister) says, when he tells me to go, I’ll go.
“We have received instructions in light of the concerns expressed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina about the second corona wave,” he added. We are working accordingly and have made several plans. We also have preparations. Hopefully at that time (next winter) if the second wave really does come, I’ll be able to deal with it without a hitch.
Professor Abul Basar said: “There is also talk of the antigen-antibody test. The government has already given permission for antigen testing and is working on it. I hope it starts very soon.