Dhaka, April 8 -- The Health Sector Reform Commission has made several major recommendations, including providing free primary health services and medicines, introducing a referral system, and monitoring prescriptions to check for unnecessary tests and medications.
In its recommendations, the commission emphasised that 20per cent of insolvent patients get all treatment services free of cost at any hospital, and the authorities strictly monitor that 10per cent of beds at private hospitals are allocated for the poor, members of the commission told the media.
The commission will also propose that private hospitals have a structured salary system for doctors and healthcare staff and pay reasonable allowances to honorary doctors during their t...