Health Adviser Nurjahan Begum on Wednesday visited Aalo Clinic in the capital's Karail area, which is operated with funding from the Swedish donor agency Sida and technical assistance from Unicef.
During the visit, the health adviser focused on the role of such clinics in addressing urban health challenges.
She said the clinics like ‘Aalo’ play a vital role in providing prompt medical services and easing pressure on other healthcare arrangements.
Nurjahan Begum talked to patients and inquired about the quality of medical services they were receiving there.
Brig Gen (Retd.) Dr. Mohammad Saidur Rahman, the team leader of the Aalo Model Clinic Project, explained that the clinic is a two-year pilot project offering free healthcare services to urban residents, said a PID handout.
The services include general medical care, prenatal and postnatal care, family planning support, immunization under the EPI programme, treatment for diabetes, hypertension, seasonal diseases and other non-communicable diseases. All 23 types of medicines are provided free, he said.
Dr. Rahman said every aspect of the clinic's operations, from patient registration to prescriptions and test results, is digitized. So, if a patient is registered once here, his or her medical history is accessible for future consultations and follow-ups.