During a press briefing at the secretariat, the health minister objected to calling the anti-corruption drives “raids,” saying raids were only conducted at places where there were criminals. Are raids conducted against hospitals? Inquiries are conducted against hospitals,” the health minister said. However, Zahid Maleque also said legal action and drives against irregularities at hospitals would continue, even though he objected to the term “raid.”Mentioning that the Health Ministry sent a letter to the Home Ministry on August 4 asking for a stop to unilateral raids at hospitals, the health minister said: “Combined action will be taken if irregularities are found at hospitals. We will not be the slightest bit soft on irregularities at hospitals.

Source: Dhaka Tribune August 09, 2020 15:56 UTC