, Oct. 7 -- Special Assistant (State Minister), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Professor Dr Md Sayedur Rahman said on Tuesday there is still a shortage in access to oxygen in the hospitals.

He said this at Bangladesh Oxygen Summit held at the Ruposhi Bangla Grand Ballroom of InterContinental in the city.

At the conference, Chief Guest Prof. Dr Md. Saiyedur Rahman said, "There is still a shortage in access to oxygen, but the government is actively working to address it. We are working to establish a national oxygen network and to declare oxygen as an essential medicine. Achieving self-sufficiency in medical oxygen is closely linked to national security."

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