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Abul Kalam Azad (doctor)
Abul Kalam Azad is a Bangladeshi doctor and who was the Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services during the COVID-19 pandemic. He was a former additional director general of the Directorate General of Health Services. Early life Azad was born in 1960 in Nilphamari District, East Pakistan, Pakistan. He completed his MBBS at the Dhaka Medical College. Career Azad was additional director general of the Directorate General of Health Services from 2011 to 2016. He founded Sandhani National Eye Donation Society. He was the additional director general of administration at the Directorate General for Health Services. On 1 September 2016, Azad was appointed the Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services. He replaced Professor Deen Mohd. Noorul Haq. He resigned in July 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh after Regent Hospital was caught with fake COVID-19 tests. Azad was criticized for the scam. The directorate had blamed the Min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Directorate General Of Health Services (Bangladesh)
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) () is a Bangladeshi government directorate under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare responsible for health services in Bangladesh. History The DGHS was established as a directorate in 1978. It was upgraded to a directorate general in 1980. On 23 January 2019, the Anti-Corruption Commission began investing 23 officers at the Directorate General of Health Services for corruption and recommended their transfers. Director General of Directorate General of Health Services Abul Kalam Azad resigned on 22 July 2020 after Regent Hospital was raided for providing fake COVID-19-free certificates. The hospital was shut down by the Directorate General of Health Services on 8 July after a raid by the Rapid Action Battalion. The Directorate General of Health Services and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare traded blame over the Regent Hospital scandal. The Directorate General of Health Services signed a memorandum of understanding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |