Dhaka Bureau: Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Malek said that the country is full of adulterated food mixed with toxic drugs. Almost all the food we eat is adulterated. Starting from rice, pulses, spices, fish and vegetables, almost all food is being poisoned. Those poisoned foods are being eaten by everyone in our family. Due to adulterated food, major and complex diseases including cancer, kidney and heart are increasing in the human body at a double rate.
On Tuesday (November 1) in the conference room of the Department of Health in Mohakhali, the Minister of Health said these things while attending a meeting to exchange views on the issues to be done to improve the quality of health care with the field level officials of the Department of Health.
He said that because of adulterated food, the drug trade in the country has increased so much that the number of patients in hospitals is increasing. There is no room for patients even on the floors of government hospitals. In developed countries, no concession is given to food poisoning, no matter how powerful the company. In our country now adulterated food is being served everywhere including adulterated food in hotels, adulterated food in shops, adulterated food in the market. Where do people go? What to eat? This cannot be allowed to continue. To give healthy lives to our future generations, these adulterants must be stopped now.
Meanwhile, the minister said that food adulteration should be stopped. To do this we need to strengthen the role of the health sector as well as involve people from all walks of life. Must work together. Prevention of adulterated food is the responsibility of any ministry – this adulteration will not be stopped. Adulteration control is the work of other ministries, but if people are sick, the treatment should be given to the Ministry of Health. Therefore, within the next one month, the health sector should form a certain team and go to the field. Specific reports should be generated. We will sit down with that report at the highest level and resolve it very quickly.
Director General of the Department of Health Professor Dr. ABM Khurshid Alam, Director (Administration) Professor Dr. Md. Shamiul Islam Sadi and various officials of the health department were present.
