Govt plans to make national healthcare database: Palak
Mazharul Islam Mitchel for DOT:
State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak on Thursday said the the government plans to introduce a national healthcare database to facilitate better treatment for the common people.
‘We want to introduce a national healthcare database. If the database is created all the systems of health records will easily be available to doctors,’ he said. He was talking during called on meeting with a delegation led by former chairman of the American Global Technology Company Intel Corporation and Medtronic Plc Omar Ishraq held at ICT tower in Agaogaon of the city.
Palak said, ICT Department, Medtronic Labs, BRAC and i-Health Solutions Limited will create the database jointly. They already made a draft plan for this issue, he assured. Palak said the government is in the process of building the national identity system. ‘Once we get the national identity system in place, then it’ll become easier to build the national healthcare database,’ the junior minister Palak added.
Mentioning that the government’s goal is to digitise all the government services in the next five years, Palak said the ICT Ministry is working for working out a cyber security plan to make data secure.
‘All the government data will be accessible online and everything will be electronic. Bangladesh will be a role model of IT development and its adaptation,’ he said. Palak said they are receiving requests from different developing countries for providing training in the IT sector.
Among othes, Director General of ICT Department Md. Mostafa Kamal, Global Market President of Medtronic Labs Ruchika Singhal, Managing Director of iHealth Solutions Limited Farrukh Alam, Executive Director of BRAC Asif Saleh, Business Development Manager of i-Health Solutions Anika Ahmed were present.