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When asked what steps would be taken against those involved in the mask case, he told bdnews24.com on Sunday that he would take more steps after seeing the report.
“Let the report come. Then I will see it.
The investigation committee has already informed that it will present a report to the secretary of the health department on April 28.
When informed that the report had been submitted to the ministry, Zahid Malek said he “was less going to the office” due to the coronavirus outbreak. That is why the report has yet to be seen.
Health Minister Zahid Malek
However, he said: “If someone makes a mistake. Any action you need to take to make a mistake must be seen. Of course, action will be taken. “
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been handling the official work of Ganobhaban under siege to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Sitting at home, holding meetings, videoconferencing, searching the field and giving various instructions.
The Prime Minister instructed to investigate the matter in a video conference after hearing about the discrepancy in the mask.
In accordance with Department of Health policy, it is important that healthcare workers, including physicians, wear N-95 masks to prevent infection for examination and treatment of patient samples.
However, the masks that were shipped to various hospitals from the central pharmacy in late March had the word ‘N-95’ written on the package, but inside was a simple surgical mask.
As a result, doctors doubt if they are real masks. Doctors are also raising the issue of this mask as the reason behind widespread coronavirus infection.
The N-95 mask was written on the mask cover provided by the central pharmacy at Mugda General Hospital and Mahanagar General Hospital in the capital. However, common surgical masks are found within them.
These masks were supplied to the Central Pharmacy by an organization called JMI Hospital Request Manufacturing Limited.
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Additional secretary of the Department of Health Services (Development Division) of the Ministry of Health to investigate the incident after instructions from the Prime Minister. The committee was made up of Saidur Rahman. The committee, formed on April 20, was asked to submit its report by April 24, but the time was extended another five days later.
Although the report was supposed to be submitted on April 29, the committee submitted an investigative report to the secretary of the health department on April 28 a day earlier.
If you want to know what’s in the report, you said nothing. Saidur Rahman.
When asked this by Habibur Rahman Khan, Additional Secretary of the Department of Health Services and Head of the Media Cell of the Ministry of Health, he said: “The investigation report is very confidential. So they did not inform me about it. As far as I know, the report has been submitted. They are experiencing. There is still no conclusion.
“Maybe I will know when I come to a conclusion. And if the decision is made, it must be a public-private organization, if it is accused, action will be taken against them. And since it is a delicate subject. The decision can be made by the honorable minister. “
The issue of negligence by the Administrative Committee of Mugda General Hospital came to light after MP Saber Hossain Chowdhury, Chairman of the Administrative Committee of Mugda General Hospital, wrote to the health department and director of the central pharmacy seeking information about the quality of the mask.
After examining the matter, the director of the central pharmacy, Brigadier General Shahid Ullah, admitted in a briefing to the health department on April 2 that the mask was a normal surgical mask. The N-95 was written ‘by mistake’ on the package.
Face mask packages provided by JNI Hospital Request. ATN News Screenshot
Speaking to ministry officials, it was learned that JMI had supplied 20,600 masks to CMSD through two shipments. The masks in the shipment were called N-95 (adult) face masks. But CMSD sent a letter to JMI Hospital Require Manufacturing Limited on April 2, questioning its quality.
The letter, signed by CMSD Director General, Brigadier General Shahidullah, ordered JMI to respond within 48 hours. On April 3, JMI responded to the letter. The managing director of the company. The letter signed by Abdur Razzak was received by CMSD on April 4.
The letter, which paints a picture of the global crisis of coronavirus masks, says that in this situation they are also making masks, which are in the “development” stage.
“Even when the masks were supplied, there were no specific guidelines for N-95 specification in the country. To cope with the situation, JMI Hospital Requirement Manufacturing Limited supplies a number of products to the Central Pharmacy. The supplied product incorporates 20,600 pieces of N-95 masks made in error at the product development stage, which do not “meet” the specifications of the N-95 “.
Affirming that the product has not yet been commercialized, the letter said: “The current situation in the country and the previous explanation will kindly force us to return the mask provided and free ourselves of responsibility for the involuntary edition.”
So far, 845 doctors in Bangladesh have been infected with the coronavirus. This number is much higher for nurses and other health workers.
However, with the increase in the supply of safety equipment, the number of affected doctors has decreased, according to the Bangladesh Physicians Foundation.
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