Health Minister Mohammad Nasim today said medical admission seekers
must give undertakings that they would refrain from smoking and
addiction to any drug.
"We've decided every MBBS admission test qualifiers will have to give
an undertaking this year that s/he will never smoke in life. Or else,
s/he won’t get admission even after qualifying the test," he said.
Replying to a supplementary question from independent MP Quazi Rosy
(Women Seat-41), he said the qualifiers will have to give certificate
before their admission that they do not smoke or have any drug
addiction.
Nasim said medical teachers will have to make the same commitment as well.
He urged parents and teachers to persuade the young generation and students to refrain from smoking.
In reply to a starred question from Jatiya Party MP Noor-E-Hasna Lily
Chowdhury (Women Seat-44), the Health Minister said the ministry is
considering increasing the number of seats in the country's medical
colleges.
Now the number of seats in 31 public medical colleges is 3,212, while 5,980 in 66 private medical colleges, he told the House.
