The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology Ministry on Sunday suggested taking necessary measures to provide free cancer-test facility at the National Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (NINMAS) for poor people.
The recommendation was made at the 19th meeting of the Standing Committee held at the JatiyaSangsad (JS) Bhaban with its chairman AFM Rahul Haque in the chair today, said a release.
In the meeting, it was also recommended taking measures to publicize the treatment of cancer, kidney, and liver by medical college hospitals.
Also, the activities of the ongoing and completed projects of NINMAS and INMAS under Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission were reviewed by the parliamentary watchdog.
The JS body recommended taking measures to hire skilled and experienced manpower for proper management of purchased medical equipment in various medical colleges and hospitals of the country, the release added.
Committee members Iqbalur Rahim, MdMozaffar Hossain and Begum Shirin Ahmed, Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Chairman of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, officials of the Ministry and Secretariat of the Parliament were present in the meeting, among others.
With the vision to render specialized medical services to the people using nuclear technology, the National Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Sciences (NINMAS) was first established in 1980 with a small extent in block-A of the former Institute of Post Graduate Medicine & Research (IPGMR). It is now located in Block- D newly constructed eighteen storied building of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (former IPGMR) campus with about 60,000 sft floor space comprising four levels (7th to 10th floor). The institute is equipped with modern state of art single and dual head SPECT cameras and capable of performing most modern scanning on oncology, cardiology, nephrology and cerebral studies. Positron Emission Tomography - Computed Tomography (PET-CT) is a newer addition at NINMAS of molecular imaging. Keeping with ever increasing importance of Positron Emission Tomography (PET), institute has established a PET-CT Division. This gives a new dimension to the endeavor to represent the institute as a “Centre of Excellence” in the field of nuclear medicine services in Bangladesh.
